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President Moon Jae-in and President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol had a dinner meeting for nearly three hours.
President-elect Yoon repeatedly expressed his will to relocate the Oval Office, and President Moon responded that he would closely monitor the budget and cooperate.
Reporter Kim Hyung-rae reports.
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The meeting between President Moon Jae-in and President-elect Yoon Seok-yeol, which took place 19 days after the presidential election, lasted for 2 hours and 51 minutes on the evening of the 28th.
Bae Seok-ja said that it was the latest but longest meeting between the presidents and the elected presidents, and candid conversations were held on various topics.
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-won/Elected Chief of Staff: The two of them had a friendly conversation on the topic of past relationships and things like that.]
It is known that President-elect Yoon said that he would end the Blue House era from the time of the civilian government, but he could not relocate due to practical difficulties, and that he wanted to do it this time.
In response, President Moon replied that the decision on the relocated area is a matter for the next government to decide, and that the current government will closely examine the budget according to the previous plan and cooperate.
[Jang Je-won/Elected Chief of Staff: President Moon Jae-in said that he would cooperate and closely examine the budget according to the actual relocation plan.]
However, he added that it would not be easy to bring up a reserve fund for the relocation of the office at today's cabinet meeting, saying that specific details such as the relocation procedure and timing were not discussed.
The two agreed to discuss security issues, including the recent response to North Korea's ICBM launch, to ensure that there are no leaks during the takeover process.
At the dinner, there were also good talks, but President Moon said that wishing for success between the presidents was a sensible thing.