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President Moon Jae-in, who is attending the UN General Assembly, had a summit meeting with the British Prime Minister, and agreed to supply 1 million doses of the UK's vaccine as early as this week. President Moon also gave a joint speech with BTS on the UN stage.



This news came from reporter Kwon Ran from New York.



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Korea has agreed to exchange vaccines with the UK, following Israel and Romania.



A key official at the Blue House said that it is likely to receive 1 million doses of mRNA corona vaccine from the British government, that is, 500,000 doses from the 25th, sequentially.



During a bilateral meeting between President Moon Jae-in and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, who are visiting New York to attend the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Johnson made a surprise announcement of this fact.



[Boris Johnson / Prime Minister: (delighted in progress) This one-younggan vaccine Exchange Korea is good for quarantine management, Congratulations on the part of the rapidly vaccinated -



UK vaccination until the second 65% of the people who have completed it are implementing the 'with Corona' policy, in which the UK gives the vaccine first, and then we give it back.



Prior to this, President Moon and BTS emphasized the role of future generations in addressing poverty and climate change in their respective speeches at the UN Sustainable Development Goals meeting.



[President Moon Jae-in: The sensitivity and empathy of the younger generation may find a solution to the problems that the older generation could not solve because of their fear of change.]



[RM/BTS Leader: If you believe in possibilities and hope,

you can find a

way even in unexpected situations. I have no doubt that we will find a new way rather than losing it.]



Tomorrow (22nd) Korean time, President Moon will deliver his final keynote address to the UN General Assembly during his tenure at the United Nations Headquarters here.



As it has been 30 years since the two Koreas joined the UN at the same time in September of this year, it is expected that the government will explain the Korean government's efforts to establish peace on the Korean Peninsula and ask for the support of each country.



(Video coverage: Lee Yong, Video editing: Kim Jun-hee)