Seoul: South Korea and a U.N. regional development body discussed ways of stronger cooperation Monday to promote the economic and social development of the Asia-Pacific region, Seoul's foreign ministry said. The ministry and the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific held an annual consultative meeting in Bangkok earlier in the day to assess their joint project meant to nurture sustainable development of the region and to discuss new programs. According to Yonhap News Agency, Adnan Aliani, director of strategy and programme management division of the organization, expressed gratitude for South Korea's role as its key partner and proposed stronger cooperation. The two sides adopted a revision to a strategic cooperation document, which stipulates their priorities in leading projects, according to the ministry. Kim Ji-hee, director-general for the South Korean foreign ministry's international economics affair, and Adnan Aliani, director of strategy and programme management division of the U.N. Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific, posed for a photo ahead of their annual consultative meeting in Bangkok on Dec. 2, 2024, in this photo, provided by South Korea's foreign ministry.