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President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol had a phone call with US President Joe Biden for the first time abroad.
Today (11th), the Chinese ambassador to Korea and the acting US ambassador to Korea meet in succession.
This is reporter Eom Min-jae.
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Yoon Seok-yeol's first external schedule was a diplomatic activity.
Yesterday at 10 am I got a congratulatory phone call from US President Joe Biden and the call lasted 20 minutes.
The topic of the call was focused on the ROK-U.S. alliance and cooperation with North Korea, and President-elect Yoon said that North Korea's provocations have been going on since the beginning of the year and called for a strong ROK-U.S. cooperation.
[Yoon Seok-yeol / 20th President-elect: (He said that) to the effect that he expects to meet soon after taking office to further develop the Korea-US relationship.]
President Biden also emphasized close coordination between the ROK and the US on the North Korean nuclear threat. has told
When President Biden asked Biden to visit the White House after taking office, President-elect Yoon responded that he hoped to see him in person soon.
Today, we have a series of interviews with Chinese Ambassador to Korea Xing Haiming and Acting U.S. Ambassador to Korea Christopher Del Koso at our company in Yeouido.
It is also known that he is coordinating a phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Huo Kishida, and as elected president, he is expected to communicate closely to improve relations between Korea, China and Japan.
Earlier yesterday morning, President-elect Yoon visited the Seoul National Cemetery.
After burning incense with the party leadership, he wrote in the guestbook, "I will build a country of unity and prosperity with great people."
President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol also spoke on the phone with Democratic Party candidate Lee Jae-myung, who was a presidential contender.
President-elect Yoon offered words of consolation, and Candidate Lee exchanged words of encouragement, wishing him to become a successful president.