From a dinner hosted by the king to a meeting with compatriots
Possibility of meeting with Jill Biden
Kun-hee Kim, Mrs. photo = Yonhap News
While President Yun Seok-yeol is attending the NATO summit on his first overseas tour since taking office, his spouse Kim Kun-hee is also expected to accompany him and make his diplomatic debut.
An official from the National Security Office met with reporters on the followingnoon of the 26th and said, “At this NATO summit, the Spanish side prepared a spouse session for the spouses of the heads of state.”
First of all, First Lady Kim will attend a gala dinner hosted by the King of Spain and his wife on the 28th (local time). During her morning on the 29th, she will be guided by the Spanish Royal Palace to visit the Royal Glass Factory and the National Gallery of Sofia with the spouses of NATO summit participants. In the evening, she will attend a Korean-Spanish dinner meeting in Madrid with President Yoon.
On the 30th, a schedule was planned to visit the Royal Opera Theater under the guidance of the Spanish Royal Palace, watch the opera rehearsal, and then have brunch.
This schedule is expected to attract a lot of attention as it is Kim’s first appearance on the multilateral diplomatic stage. Her predecessor, former President Moon Jae-in’s spouse Kim Jung-sook, also took an active part in the country’s top spouse programs at international conferences during her tenure.
Attention is also focused on whether Kim and Joe Biden met Jill Biden, the spouse of the US President. At the Korea-US summit last month, only President Biden visited Korea, so Kim and Jill Biden did not meet. This time, there is a spouse session, so it is known that there is a high possibility that they will accompany them.
Oh Se-seong, reporter at Hankyung.com sesung@hankyung.com
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