That same day, 6 April, Mr. Lee held talks with
various high-profile government officials in
Guatemala. Among them were the Minister of Culture,
Mr. Carlos Batzin, and the Minister of Justice, Ms.
Claudia Paz y paz. Both were strongly taken with
what the peace advocate had to say and offered their
personal support and endorsement of the 84 year-old
peace advocate’s work and mission.
Since 2012, Mr. Lee has been traveling world meeting
with notable leaders in both secular and religious
circles. On
this, his 9th and most recent trip, he held talks
with the vice-president of Peru, Ms. Marisol
Espinoza in Lima, Peru. Following that, the former
presidents of Guatemala – Mr. Alvaro Colom
Caballeros, and Colombia – Belisario Betancur, in
Bogota, Colombia. In Chile he met with the former
president Mr. Ricardo Lagos in Santiago, Chile. His
Excellency, Mr. Jose Mujcia, the President of
Uruguay met with Mr. Lee in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Throughout his travels, press and media kept a close
watch on the intrepid 84-year-old peace advocate.
Telenoticais 23, a Live News broadcasting station
located in Guatemala City, covered the flower-laying
ceremony, ensuring that the story of the Korean
peace advocate’s mission of peace was announced all
over the country. In Peru, RBC Television Channel 11
covered similar stories of the meetings and travels
of the World Peace Delegation from Korea.
As part of his world
peace tours, Mr. Lee signed a peace agreement with
the Guatemalan government in 2013, as well as with
the leader of the Maya community. This year, the
same agreement was entered into by a leading
representative of the Inca community.
Mr. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, a photographer and
producer from France, well-known for his
breath-taking work in aerial photography was deeply
inspired by Mr. Lee’s work for peace. He
will be including exclusive interview footage shot
during Mr. Lee’s 9th World Peace Tour in his latest
documentary, “Human”, which will be shown at the UN
General Assembly in 2015.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand has held several exhibitions in
South Korea, most notably work which was compiled
into his spectacular book, “Korea from Above.”
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