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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).
As the first Korean president to participate, he was invited as an Asia-Pacific partner along with Japan, Australia, and New Zealand.
It is President Yun’s first overseas visit, who took office on the 10th of last month, and his debut on the multilateral diplomatic stage.
In this NATO schedule, President Yoon is expected to digest a total of 14 diplomatic agendas, including 9 bilateral talks, ▲ NATO allies/partner country summit ▲ NATO Secretary-General meeting ▲ Spanish king meeting ▲ Korea, US, Japan three-nation summit ▲ Spanish businessmen luncheon do.
Starting with Finland (28th), the summit will be held with the Netherlands, Poland, Denmark (29th), and the Czech Republic and the UK (30th).
A brief meeting will be held with the European Union (EU) Commission President and the leaders of Canada and Romania.
Economic and security agendas such as nuclear export (Czech Republic, Poland, the Netherlands), semiconductors (Netherlands), defense industry (Poland), and renewable energy (Denmark) are on the table.
It is interpreted to mean that it will take care of the national interest through ‘economic diplomacy’ while maintaining a certain distance from the anti-China and anti-Russia stance of NATO, the military alliance.
President Yoon also said he would reaffirm the broad support of the Western camp for the complete denuclearization of North Korea.
At 2:30 p.m. (9:30 p.m. Korean time) on the 29th, South Korea, the US, and Japan are scheduled to discuss cooperation with North Korea.
The Korea-U.S.-Japan summit will be held four years and nine months following the United Nations General Assembly in September 2017, during the early days of the Moon Jae-in administration.
Then, at the NATO Allies and Partners Summit to be held at 3 pm, he will give a three-minute speech to ask for the international community’s support for the denuclearization of North Korea.
The South Korea-Japan summit, which drew attention, was virtually canceled.
The summit of the four countries of Korea, Japan, Australia and New Zealand is also not expected to be held.
However, President Yoon and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida of Japan will meet at least three times, including a dinner hosted by the King of Spain, a NATO summit, and a Korea-U.S.-Japan summit.
On this tour, Ms. Kun-hee Kim will also accompany her to attend the spouse’s session.
President Yoon and his wife will attend a dinner hosted by the king and wife of Spain (28th) and a Korean-Spanish dinner meeting (29th), and digest a separate spouse program.
/yunhap news
