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Brazilian President departs for home

Written: 2001-01-20 00:00:00Updated: 0000-00-00 00:00:00

Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso departed for his country Saturday, finishing his four-day state visit to South Korea.

While here, Cardoso held a summit with President Kim Dae-jung in which the two leaders agreed to build a "special partnership" between the two countries in the 21st century.

They also reached an agreement that will extend the deadline for the construction of a Kia Motors factory in Brazil from 2001 to the end of 2003.

In particular, Cardoso, while visiting the truce village of Panmunjom, announced that his country would launch full-fledged normalization talks with North Korea.

He is the first Brazilian president to make a state visit to Seoul since the two nations formed diplomatic ties in 1959.

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