Seoul not to go ahead on whaling: Carr
Source: Sydney Morning Herald
Seoul not to go ahead on whaling: Carr
Date July 12, 2012 - 5:10PM
Australia's Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr has been told that South Korea is not going ahead with scientific whaling.
Senator Carr held talks on whaling today with the Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, at today's East Asia Summit in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
Mr Kim told Senator Carr that Korea would take the advice of the International Whaling Commission on the subject, indicating that plans for scientific whaling would not proceed, Senator Carr said in a statement.
Senator Carr praised the leadership of the Republic of Korea in making this decision.
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