South Korea will provide an aid fund of 120 million U.S. dollars to Afghanistan over the next four years to help stabilize the country after decades of conflict.
 
Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se revealed the plan at the Brussels Conference on Afghanistan on Wednesday local time.
 
Yun said in a speech that South Korea will continue to support efforts to educate and empower Afghan girls and women and improve health services for them under President Park Geun-hye’s “Better Life for Girls” initiative, which was announced at last year’s UN Sustainable Development Summit.
 
The Foreign Ministry in Seoul said that countries participating in the Brussels conference agreed to maintain international assistance and contributions for Afghanistan at the current level by 2020. They also promised continued support for a drive to root out violence and promote peace and reconciliation, and economic development and cooperation both at the international and regional level.
 
In Brussels, the U.S. promised to provide one billion U.S. dollars in development aid a year, Germany 500 million dollars and Japan 260 million dollars. The U.K. pledged 250 million dollars and Australia 80 million dollars.

The conference on aiding Afghanistan was attended by representatives from 75 countries and 25 international organizations.