Military and economic security such as 'nuclear umbrella' is the main agenda for the Korea-US summit

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The Korea-U.S. summit is 6 days away.

Response to North Korean provocations and economic security are the main agenda items.

Prior to this, President Yoon Seok-yeol will go to the Yeosoya University National Assembly tomorrow (16th) to deliver a speech for the administration.

This news is reported by Park Won-kyung, a reporter.

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presidential office announced that it plans to hold a press conference after a summit meeting with US President Biden at the presidential office in Yongsan on the 21st.

As the main agenda of the summit, responses to North Korea's provocations, economic security, and Korea's contribution to the international community were introduced.

Regarding North Korea's provocations, it is known that the restart and revitalization of the 'Expanded Deterrence Strategy Council' will be a key agenda item.

The Extended Deterrence Strategies Council is a dialogue channel to discuss providing the so-called 'nuclear umbrella' by the US when its allies face a nuclear threat.

[Park Jin / Minister of Foreign Affairs (last month 20): The Extended Deterrence Strategy Council has not been in operation for four years.

So, I presented this opinion (to the US) that it is necessary to restart it.]

Regarding economic security, South Korea's participation in the IPEF of the 'Indo-Pacific Economic Framework', which the US is promoting to contain China, along with discussions on semiconductor supply chain, etc. It is expected to be discussed.

Medicines related to the North Korean Corona 19 situation and Ukraine situation are also expected to be on the table of talks.

A high-ranking official in the presidential office said that if there is a further provocation by North Korea before the summit, things related to military security will be emphasized, otherwise issues related to economic security will be emphasized at the summit.

Tomorrow morning, President Yoon Seok-yeol will visit the National Assembly to explain the additional supplementary budget and hold a municipal administration speech calling for bipartisan cooperation.

The dinner meeting between President Yoon and the heads of the three parties, which was promoted after the speech on the municipal administration, was canceled after the Democratic Party expressed a negative intention, saying that it was after the approval of the prime minister candidate Han Duk-soo.

(Video coverage: Choi Dae-woong, video editing: Kim Jin-won)