SEOUL, September 15 (Yonhap) – As President Yoon Suk-yeol travels to New York to attend the upcoming United Nations plenary meeting, summits will take place between Yoon and United States President Joe Biden, as well as between Yoon and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida placed, according to the announcement by the Yongsan presidential office on Thursday.
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The summit between South Korea and Japan will be the first in 2 years and 10 months, the latest was held in Chengdu, China in December 2019. A senior official clarified that these meetings were decided in advance and that it remains to fix the times of the meetings. He also added that these meetings between heads of state will not exceed 30 minutes.
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President Yoon will first travel to London in Great Britain for Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral scheduled for September 19 (London time), then fly to New York for the United Nations plenary meeting where he will deliver a speech on September 20 (now London). of the United States). Following his visit to New York, Yoon will travel to Canada for a summit with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on September 23.
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