An Independent state With a Great Future; Uzbek The Embassy of Uzbekistan usually holds a huge national party day to commemorate its Independence Day. The 15th Anniversary of Independence of the Republic of Uzbekistan held at the Seoul Millennium Hilton on August 29, 2006 was no exception. In his speech, Ambassador Vitali V. Fen of Uzbek said, "The main factors governing the political system of Uzbek are the idea of constructing an independent state with a great future in which all citizens' rights and personal freedoms will be provided." The First Start Among each Embassy Functions on Sept. : Slovak The Embassy of Slovakia commemorated their National Days by holding a garden reception at the Shilla Hotel on September 1. Slovakian Ambassador to Seoul Pavel Hrmo and his wife Mrs. Viera Hrmova observed the country's Constitution Day with the Seoul diplomatic corps including former National Assembly Speaker Lee Mansup, as well as Slovak honorary consul Ms. Ha Sung-hee in Busan, expressing his sincere hopes that bilateral economic relations would be further enlarged. Al-Fateh Revolution Day in Seoul; Libya A Libya Revolution Day function held on September 5 at the Shilla Hotel, Seoul, was also a good opportunity to allow the Korean participants to think about Korea-Libya business collaboration relations, particularly in the field of construction. Minister Choo Byung-jik, the Ministry of Construction & Transportation, Republic of Korea, also attended the function. Libya's Great Man-Made River Project (GMR) carried out by Korea's Dong AH Construction Industrial, is being posted as the largest engineering work in the world to date. A Hub of Gulf Region Traffic and Logistics; Qatar With a garden function, Qatar Ambassador Ahmed S. Al-Midhadi and his wife Ms. Naomi Al-Midhadi feted the Country's National Day on September 4 at the Shilla Hotel, Seoul. It is reported that as the first natural gas supplier as well as the fifth oil supplier for Korea, Qatar is enforcing active development investment as well as an open policy in order to allow the country to grow as a hub of gulf region traffic and logistics. As of 2005, the two countries topped $6 billion in their trade scale. Economic Cooperation to Become Continuously Closer On the occasion of the country's Independence Day on August 17, the Embassy of Indonesia held a diplomatic function at the Lotte Hotel Seoul on the same day. Economic cooperation between the two countries becomes continuously closer covering many fields: Economic Development; Information Technology; Foreign Workers; Energy; Maritime and Fisheries; Forestry; Tourism; Small and Medium Enterprises; as well as Science and Technology, said Indonesia Ambassador Jakob Tobing to the Korean participants. Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne of H.M. King Mohamed VI On the occasion of Morocco's Anniversary of the Accession to the Throne of H.M. King Mohamed VI, Ambassador Ahmed Bourzaim held a commemorating function on July 31 at the Hotel Shilla in Seoul. Since the enthronement of His Majesty King Mohammed VI on July 30, 1999, Morocco has been engaging in many socio-economic reforms aimed at ensuring further development and democratization for the Moroccan people, according to the Ambassador. Great Mongolia Foundation 800 Years On the 800th Anniversary of Genghis Khan's establishment of Mongolia, the government of Mongolia is attracting the world's tourists to their country. In Seoul, the Embassy of Mongolia held a commemorative function for the country's National Day to commemorate Great Mongolia's Foundation 800 years ago on July 10 at the Kim-ku Memorial Hall. The Ambassador of Mongolia to Seoul, Urjinlhundev Perenlei, said: "I am confident that Mongolia will rise as the center of the world once again."