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US President Joe Biden will visit Korea on the 20th of next month and hold a summit meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol on the 21st.
It is the earliest Korea-US summit to be held since the inauguration of a president in history, and the North Korean nuclear issue and economic and security issues are expected to be on the agenda.
On the sidewalk, this is Hwa Gang-yun, a reporter.
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US President Joe Biden will tour Korea and Japan for five days from the 20th of next month.
I will visit Korea first before Japan, and I plan to hold a summit meeting with President Yun Seok-yeol on the 21st, the day after the visit, and have a dinner together.
With the relocation of the president's office, it is likely that the meeting place will be the new office in Yongsan, and the banquet will be held at the nearby National Museum of Korea or the National Defense Convention Center.
The summit is held 11 days after the inauguration of President-elect Yoon, and is the earliest Korea-US summit since the inauguration of any previous government.
The agenda for the summit will be economic and security and scientific and technological cooperation in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile threat and global supply chain instability, Yoon said.
[Bae Hyun-jin/President-elect Spokesperson: This is expected to provide a historic turning point for further development of the comprehensive strategic alliance between the two countries.]
As North Korea's nuclear and missile threats grow in recent years, it is a time when both South Korea and the US need to strengthen their response strategies. There is also an observation that a more direct message to North Korea can come from a situation in which North Korea remains silent on President Biden's policy toward North Korea, which is a solution through diplomacy. .
President Biden will also meet with retired President Moon Jae-in separately.