On the 12th (local time), President Yoon Seok-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who attended the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Summit, had a summit meeting between Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand (AP4) held at a hotel in Vilnius, Lithuania. Entering to take a commemorative photo. yunhap news
On the 12th (local time), President Yoon Seok-yeol, who is visiting Lithuania to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, held a series of summit meetings and meetings with the leaders of six countries, including Japan. Through this, President Yoon discussed strengthening security cooperation with each country and strengthening cooperation in the supply chain of high-tech industries such as semiconductors and energy, while asking for support for Busan’s bid to host the 2030 World Expo (Expo). On the second day of the NATO Summit, President Yoon sat face-to-face with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. At the sixth meeting since taking office, issues such as the discharge of contaminated water from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant into the sea, a currency swap between South Korea and Japan, and measures for security cooperation between Korea, the US and Japan were on the agenda. He met with British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in the form of a short informal meeting, such as a table, to discuss ways to expand cooperation on nuclear power plants and strengthen cooperation on cyber security. President Yoon also met with leaders from Estonia and Slovakia to discuss international security and ways to strengthen cooperation in key supply chains. As a result, President Yoon had bilateral talks, including informal meetings, with the heads of 13 countries over the two days of the NATO summit, following the meeting with the leaders of seven countries, including Norway and the Netherlands, the day before. At a local briefing, Senior Secretary for Economic Affairs Choi Sang-mok said, “A total of 40 bilateral summits were held during the five multilateral meetings (since President Yoon took office), and the largest number of bilateral meetings took place at this NATO summit.” In particular, the bilateral meeting with the leaders of eight countries, including Norway and Romania, is the first since President Yoon took office. Chief Choi said, “The European market is important in terms of diversifying the trade structure.” expect to do (This chain of summits) will be the starting point for creating new achievements.” Along with this, President Yoon requested support from each country to host the 2030 Expo Busan through a series of talks. Earlier, at the NATO summit dinner held at the Vilnius Presidential Palace the day before, President Yoon held a ‘expo bid’. President Yoon met with the heads of state of Denmark, Spain, Greece, etc. and asked for support for the Busan Expo, according to Presidential Office Spokesman Lee Do-woon. At this event, First Lady Kim Kun-hee delivered a keychain for the Busan Expo to Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Viktor. At the dinner, US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Kishida also attended, and the leaders of Korea, the US, and Japan met. The scene of President Yoon meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was also captured. Vilnius/Reporter Mina Kim, Reporter Bae Ji-hyeon mina@hani.co.kr
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2023-07-12 11:41:43
