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President Yoon Seok-yeol visited the National Assembly on the morning of the 16th to deliver his first municipal address since his inauguration.

The president's office said that they plan to discuss issues such as the North Korean nuclear issue and economic security at the South Korea-US summit to be held this Saturday.



Reporter Park Won-kyung reports.



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President Yoon Seok-yeol visits the National Assembly this morning to give a municipal administration address explaining the supplementary budget plan.



It is known that the municipal government speech will emphasize the need for bipartisan cooperation to overcome the current crisis and the will to overcome the crisis through cooperation.



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



The presidential office announced that it plans to hold a press conference after a summit meeting with U.S. 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.



In relation to North Korea's provocations, it is known that the restart and vitalization of the Extended Deterrence Strategy Council will be a key agenda item.



The Extended Deterrence Strategies Council is a dialogue channel for discussing the so-called nuclear umbrella of the United States in the event of a nuclear threat to its allies.



Regarding economic security, it is expected that South Korea's participation in IPEF, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework that the US is pushing to contain China, will be discussed along with discussions on the semiconductor supply chain.



Medicines related to North Korea's Corona 19 situation and Ukraine's situation are also expected to be on the table.