Lee Jae-myung to Visit India and Vietnam from April 19-24 for Summit Meetings
South Korean President Lee Jae-myung will make state visits to India and Vietnam in late April to meet with their leaders and discuss cooperation in AI, defense, and nuclear energy.
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(CNA, Seoul, 16th, Comprehensive Foreign Report) South Korea's National Security Office Director Wi Sung-lac stated at a press conference today that President Lee Jae-myung will make sequential state visits to India and Vietnam from April 19 to 24.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Jae-myung will first visit New Delhi from the 19th to the 21st at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will hold a summit meeting with Modi on the 20th.
Wi Sung-lac pointed out that using Lee Jae-myung's visit to India as an opportunity, South Korea and India will open a new chapter of cooperation in strategic areas such as shipbuilding, finance, artificial intelligence, and the defense industry. Under the rapidly changing global landscape caused by factors like wars in the Middle East, the two sides will maintain close cooperation in energy supply chains.
Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, on the 21st, and will hold talks with To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President, on the 22nd.
Wi Sung-lac said that this visit by Lee Jae-myung aims to strengthen mutually beneficial strategic cooperation with Vietnam in critical areas such as nuclear energy and essential minerals. (Editor: Chen Yen-chun) 1150416
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(CNA, Seoul, 16th, Comprehensive Foreign Report) South Korea's National Security Office Director Wi Sung-lac stated at a press conference today that President Lee Jae-myung will make sequential state visits to India and Vietnam from April 19 to 24.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Lee Jae-myung will first visit New Delhi from the 19th to the 21st at the invitation of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. He will hold a summit meeting with Modi on the 20th.
Wi Sung-lac pointed out that using Lee Jae-myung's visit to India as an opportunity, South Korea and India will open a new chapter of cooperation in strategic areas such as shipbuilding, finance, artificial intelligence, and the defense industry. Under the rapidly changing global landscape caused by factors like wars in the Middle East, the two sides will maintain close cooperation in energy supply chains.
Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, on the 21st, and will hold talks with To Lam, General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee and State President, on the 22nd.
Wi Sung-lac said that this visit by Lee Jae-myung aims to strengthen mutually beneficial strategic cooperation with Vietnam in critical areas such as nuclear energy and essential minerals. (Editor: Chen Yen-chun) 1150416
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