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November 12, 2024 – 07:55
Seoul, Nov 12 (EFE).- South Korean President Yook Suk-yeol will leave this week for Latin America to attend the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) and G20 summits in Peru and Brazil, respectively, on the sidelines of which plans bilateral meetings with Asian neighbors, including China, and a trilateral United States-Japan meeting.
South Korean Deputy National Security Advisor Kim Tae-hyo confirmed today to the media that Yoon will be in Lima from Thursday to Saturday, on the occasion of the APEC Forum Economic Leaders Week, after which he will travel to Brazil to participate at the G20 meeting (the countries with the most developed and most emerging economies), according to the South Korean news agency Yonhap.
A senior presidential official said that the South Korean president is preparing a bilateral meeting with the Prime Minister of Japan, Shigeru Ishiba, while “holding talks” to finalize a meeting with the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and a trilateral meeting with Ishiba and the outgoing president of the United States, Joe Biden.
When the official was asked about the possibility of Yoon also meeting with the US president-elect, Donald Trump, “during his trip to Latin America or on his way back,” he responded that the two maintained “close communications.”
Last week, Yoon and Trump agreed during a phone call to hold a meeting “at a later date.”
Ishiba, for his part, is also preparing a summit with the president of China, Xi Jinping, of which the details are still unknown, in addition to a possible meeting with Trump upon returning from the summit and after the trilateral already mentioned.
South Korea, Japan and the United States have been strengthening their trilateral relations in response to the rapprochement that has occurred between North Korea and Russia, especially after Pyongyang’s sending of troops to support the Russian offensive in Ukraine. EFE
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