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Seoul, 12 Sept. (EFE) .- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will attend Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral next week on a trip that, in addition to the United Kingdom, will take him to the United States to attend the General Assembly of Nations Unite and Canada.
Yoon will attend Elizabeth II’s state funeral on the 19th at Westminster Abbey in London, which will be the first attendance since 2015 by a sitting South Korean president at such an event, the presidential office announced today.
The trip seeks to strengthen ties with Seoul’s allied countries and expand “the foundations of economic diplomacy,” National Security Advisor Kim Sung-han said in a press conference reported by local Yonhap news agency.
After crossing the UK, Yoon will leave for New York to attend the United Nations (UN) General Assembly and deliver a speech on the opening day of the 20th, in which he should reiterate his call to denuclearise Korea. in the North, after Pyongyang’s latest comments on the matter.
Coinciding with the celebration of the 74th anniversary of the founding of North Korea, the country has announced the approval of a new nuclear law that provides for preventive atomic attacks in the event of a threat and its leader, Kim Jong-un, has assured that they will never give up these weapons if there is no change in global policies.
Yoon’s intervention before the UN has raised expectations that he will make an offer of economic aid to Pyongyang in exchange for denuclearization, although Kim has already warned that his country has no plans to divest or use his atomic development as “currency exchange”.
On the occasion of Yoon’s trip to the United Nations General Assembly, the possibility of organizing a summit with the President of the United States Joe Biden, with whom he intends to discuss the new law that excludes tax credits for vehicles, is being studied. electrical assembled outside the country. North American country.
A meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is also underway, according to officials.
After passing through New York, Yoon will travel to Canada, where he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to explore ways to promote cooperation in economic security and related to the production of electric batteries. EFE
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