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President Moon Jae-in called Yoon Seok-yeol and congratulated him.
President Moon asked for “integrated politics,” and President-elect Yoon responded by saying, “Teach me a lot.”
The two are expected to meet at the Blue House next week.
Reporter Kwon Ran reports.
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President Moon Jae-in called Yoon Seok-yeol and delivered congratulations.
In a phone call that lasted about five minutes, President Moon asked for unification.
[Park Kyung-mi / Blue House Spokesperson: (President Moon) said it was important to wash away the conflicts and divisions in the election process and achieve unity so that the people could become one.
] ", he mentioned again the national unity.
President Moon promised a smooth handover and proposed to meet soon.
While delivering President Moon's message, Blue House spokeswoman Park Kyung-mi shed tears and the briefing was interrupted for 6 minutes.
[Park Kyung-mi / Blue House Spokesperson: To those who were defeated and their supporters…
I'll do it later.]
President Moon also delivered congratulations to President-elect Yoon through Yoo Young-min, Chief of Staff of the President, and Lee Cheol-hee, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs.
[Yoon Seok-yeol / 20th President-elect: (President Moon) said that he would support the government takeover issue well, and I think I will have to visit the president in the near future...
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In consideration of the elected candidate's schedule, a meeting with a luncheon will be held next week, a Blue House official said.
When the meeting is held, it is expected that President-elect Yoon will discuss measures to alleviate the distance between restaurants and cafes, such as open 24 hours, and to compensate for the loss of COVID-19, which Yoon had promised as a candidate.