President Moon Jae-in and Emmanuel Mark Long of France held a summit meeting in Paris at the presidential palace on Friday afternoon (local time) and discussed in detail the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and peace settlement.

President Roh Moo-hyun expressed his gratitude to President Roh Moo-Rong for his support and interest in the progress of inter-Korean relations and the tensions on the Korean peninsula, He said.

Mr. Moon especially urged France, a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a key member of the EU (EU) and G7 (seven major) countries, to continue to support the South Korean government 's efforts to build peace on the Korean peninsula.

President Marc Long highly appreciated the progress made by President Moon and the Korean government for the peaceful settlement of the Korean peninsula, and France will continue to play a constructive role in sustaining and supporting the efforts of the Korean government in the process of peace building on the peninsula. I replied.

The bilateral talks between President Moon and President Marchenko, who took office in May last year, are the second since the G20 summit in Hamburg in July last year.

Mr. Moon 's visit to France was made only two years after former President Park Geun - hye in 2016, which is very unusual, Cheong Wa Dae explained.

Based on the "comprehensive partnership between Korea and the 21st century" established in 2004, the two leaders will expand their mutual trade and investment in a more balanced way, while expanding cooperation in fields such as science and technology, new industries, SMEs and start- And to work together to find new growth engines for the revolution.

President Lee said, "The two leaders will continue to evaluate and expand on the fact that President Roh Moo-Long has contributed to the revitalization of industrial technology cooperation between the two countries through the Korea-Japan Technology Industry Cooperation Forum, which was launched in 2014 by the Minister of Economy, "He said.

The Korea-Japan FTA Forum is a forum attended by governments, businesses, schools and research institutes for the activation of new industry cooperation between the two countries and technology exchange among companies. The 4th forum was held in Paris last November.

The two leaders also agreed to strengthen co-operation for the expansion of young entrepreneurs and the discovery and development of small and medium-sized enterprises, with France as the start-up powerhouse in Europe and Korea focusing on innovation growth.

France has about 500,000 start-up countries, which is the largest in Europe, with about 10,000 start-ups only in Paris, and is implementing French Tech, a government-led digital business development policy to help these companies grow and expand overseas. .

President Roh Moo-hyun and President Mark Long agreed to cooperate more closely in responding to global challenges such as climate change.

Mr. Moon said he would like to see France 's leadership in climate change and the environment, such as contributing to the adoption of the Paris Treaty in 2015, and to strengthen bilateral cooperation to address climate change.

In addition, the two leaders agreed that active exchanges and mutual understanding between future generations will become the basis for the development of bilateral relations, and agreed to expand human exchange between the two countries through various channels such as student exchange and working holiday.

In particular, President Moon welcomed the growing interest in Korean and Korean culture in France due to the recent Korean wave, and suggested that the two countries cooperate to promote Korean in France and promote French in Korea.

The University of Paris 7 and the University of East Asian Language College in France, which are major Korean language colleges in France, reported a high competition rate of 8 to 9: 1 for the recruitment of students from 2018 to 19, Cheong Wa Dae said.

At the ceremony, Mr. Moon attended a ceremony for the reception of the French government delegates, the performance of the two countries, the rally of the chairman, and the ceremony.

He then encouraged the French veterans and descendants in front of the June 25 veteran commemorative copper plate, and expressed their gratitude for their sacrifice and dedication.

There were 3,421 French troops, 262 of whom were killed and 7 missing.

Mr. Moon moved to the presidential palace in the cabin, and came to the summit.

(yunhap news)