President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Abu Dhabi on Monday on a three-day go to to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), the primary cease of his four-nation tour of the Center East and Africa.
Lee’s presidential aircraft was escorted by 4 UAE Air Power fighter jets because it entered the nation’s airspace in a ceremonial welcome for his state go to.
On the primary day, Lee plans to go to the mausoleum of the UAE’s founding president, Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, and meet with Korean residents.
On Tuesday, he’ll maintain summit talks with UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan and signal memorandums of understanding to broaden cooperation in areas together with synthetic intelligence and the protection business.
The next day, Lee is scheduled to attend a enterprise roundtable to debate methods to strengthen cooperation between the 2 international locations’ enterprise communities. Samsung Electronics Govt Chairman Lee Jae-yong and Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan are reportedly anticipated to participate.
He additionally plans to go to the Akh Unit, a Korean army contingent stationed within the UAE, to encourage the troops.
The UAE leg marks the beginning of his 10-day, four-nation journey that may also embody South Africa, the place he’ll attend the Group of 20 summit, in addition to visits to Egypt and Turkey.
That is Lee’s first go to to the Center East since taking workplace in June. The UAE is the one Center Japanese nation that has solid a particular strategic partnership with South Korea.
