{"slug": "seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai", "title": "Seoul Declaration sets 30-year Korea-Central Asia agenda on minerals, energy, AI", "summary": "South Korea and five Central Asian countries adopted the Seoul Declaration on Wednesday, establishing a 30-year cooperation framework that includes critical minerals, energy, trade and emerging technologies such as AI. The declaration, announced at the inaugural multilateral summit in Seoul, institutionalizes a biennial leaders' summit and was agreed by President Lee Jae Myung and the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan. Kazakhstan offered to host the second summit in Astana in 2028, a proposal the other participating countries accepted.", "body_md": "Korea and five Central Asian countries adopted the Seoul Declaration Wednesday, outlining a vision for cooperation over the next 30 years as they elevate their multilateral partnership to the leaders’ level. Announced at the inaugural multilateral summit, the declaration institutionalizes a biennial leaders’ summit and sets out cooperation across four broad areas — partnership, peace, prosperity and people-to-people exchanges — to encompass supply chains, critical minerals, energy, trade and investment, emerging technologies and security. The summit in Seoul brought together President Lee Jae Myung and the leaders of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, representing the latest step in upgrading a cooperation framework that began at the vice-ministerial level in 2007 and was elevated to the ministerial level in 2019. Kazakhstan expressed its willingness to host the second summit in Astana in 2028, with the other participating countries agreeing to the proposal. The declaration established a framework for more systematic economic cooperation, including a", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai", "canonical_source": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/20260916/seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai?utm_source=rss", "published_at": "2026-09-16 09:07:02+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-16 09:12:01.389818+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-policy"], "entities": ["South Korea", "Seoul Declaration", "Lee Jae Myung", "Kazakhstan", "Kyrgyzstan", "Tajikistan", "Turkmenistan", "Uzbekistan"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/seoul-declaration-sets-30-year-korea-central-asia-agenda-on-minerals-energy-ai.jsonld"}}