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President Moon Jae-in, who is on a state visit to Hungary, had a summit meeting with Hungarian President Adre Anosi. The two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation in areas such as the economy and climate change response.
Correspondent Kwon Ran from Budapest.
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summit meeting with Hungarian President Ader Janos, President Moon Jae-in emphasized cooperation in areas such as expanding trade in promising industries such as electric vehicle batteries and responding to climate change.
[President Moon Jae-in: We agreed that new efforts based on digital transformation and green transformation are necessary for sustainable growth.]
President Ader said that the two countries have reached an agreement to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, and that You mentioned energy.
[Ader Yanosi/Hungarian President: It is the common intention of both countries that carbon neutrality is impossible without the use of nuclear energy.]
This content conflicts with President Moon's energy transition policy, including reduction of the proportion of nuclear power plants.
A high-ranking official at the Blue House said, "President Moon said that the role of nuclear power plants will continue until it is carbon neutral, but that he will not build new nuclear power plants."
President Moon also attended the Business Forum in Visegrad, which consists of Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.
President Moon holds a summit meeting with the four Visegrad countries today (4th) and bilateral talks with the leaders of Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland, respectively.
With this, President Moon is scheduled to return home after completing his 9-day, 7-night tour to three European countries.