On May 30, 2016, Mr. Dagfinn Høybaaten, Secretary-General of the Nordic Council of Ministers (hereinafter referred to as “NCMs”) visited the TCS and had a meeting with the TCS members. This meeting was arranged with the purpose of revitalizing cooperation between the two organizations. The first meeting was held on the occasion of the NCMs’ participation in the TCS International Forum for Trilateral Cooperation (IFTC) in 2012.
(From left) Mrs. Helle Engslund Krarup (Senior Adviser/Deputy Chief of Staff, Nordic Council of Ministers), Mr. Lee Jong-heon (Deputy Secretary-General, TCS), Dr. Geir Helgesen (Director, Nordic Institute of Asian Studies), Mr. Dagfinn Høybaaten, (Secretary-General, Nordic Council of Ministers), Mr. Yang Houlan (Secretary-General, TCS), Dr. Umezawa Akima (Deputy Secretary-General, TCS)