H.E. Mr. Jaewoong Lee, Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Serbia, and Mr. Ljubinko Rakonjac, PhD, Director of the Institute of Forestry, officially opened on 12 December 2023 a formal ceremony on the occasion of delivery of a donation of the Government of the Republic of Korea to the Institute worth USD 118,000.
The donation includes 1 ICP spectrometer, which would be used for chemical analyses and determining concentration of chemical elements in water, soil and plant material, monitoring of the state of environmental pollution and forests and forest ecosystems in Serbia, as well as for various scientific research projects.
Director Rakonjac said that he was grateful to receive new equipment from the Korean embassy, which will be used for all important research at the Institute. He emphasized that this donation is not only of great help to the Institute but is also a symbol of the friendship between the two countries.
Ambassador Lee said that this donation of the equipment is very meaningful, while the Serbian government is making a lot of efforts to protect the environment, including restoring the ecosystem. He hoped that the equipment would help improve Serbia’s environment and enhance the lives and welfare of Serbian citizens, and that starting with the donation ceremony, the relationship between the two countries will further develop in the field of environmental protection.
This is the third consecutive donation of the Government of the Republic of Korea within one month, after donating vehicles to Smederevo Healthcare Center (worth 135.000 USD) and donating vehicles and medical equipment to HRH Crown Princess Katherine Foundation and four health institutions in Serbia (worth 166.000 USD), while two more donations are expected to be realized till the end of the month of the total value of 488.000 USD.
