President Yoon Seok-yeol / Photo = Yonhap News
President Yoon Seok-yeol departs on the 27th to attend the NATO summit to be held in Madrid, Spain from the 29th to the 30th (local time) and will set out on the first multilateral diplomatic stage.
President Yoon will attend the NATO summit as the leaders of partner countries along with Japan, Australia and New Zealand. It is the first time as a Korean president, and First Lady Kim Kun-hee will also accompany him.
In this NATO schedule, along with nine bilateral talks, President Yoon will have a total of 14 diplomatic agendas, including a NATO alliance and partner country summit, a NATO secretary-general meeting, a meeting with the King of Spain, a three-country summit between Korea, the United States and Japan, and a luncheon with Spanish businessmen. .
The leaders of South Korea, the United States and Japan will hold their first summit in four years and nine months, taking the opportunity to attend the NATO summit. At 2:30 pm (local time) on the 29th, we plan to discuss cooperation with North Korea.
The Korea-Japan summit, which drew attention, was virtually canceled, but President Yun is expected to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at least three times, including a dinner hosted by the King of Spain, a NATO summit, and a Korea-US-Japan summit.
Mrs. Kim will host a dinner hosted by the King of Spain and abroad, a dinner meeting for Koreans in Spain, and a separate spouse program.
Kim Soo-young, reporter at Hankyung.com [email protected]
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