Korean Ambassador to the USA Kang Kyung-wha, third from left, greets U.S. President Donald Trump in a welcome ceremony at Gimhae Worldwide Airport in Busan, Oct. 29, as Trump started his state go to to Korea that coincided with the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation gathering in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province. Yonhap
Korean Ambassador to the USA Kang Kyung-wha formally offered her credentials to U.S. President Donald Trump in a ceremony Tuesday, a diplomatic protocol that formally acknowledges her as Seoul’s prime envoy.
Kang was amongst 13 different international ambassadors attending the ceremony to current the credentials to Trump on the White Home in Washington, in line with the Korean Embassy within the U.S.
Kang, a former Korean international minister throughout Trump’s first time period, took up her new put up on Oct. 4. By apply, an envoy can’t absolutely carry out his or her duties till presenting the credentials to the chief of the host nation.
With Washington’s consent, Kang offered her credentials in writing and formally assumed her function, accompanying President Lee Jae Myung to his Oct. 29 summit talks with Trump on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation assembly in Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province.
Whereas talking to Kang on the ceremony for the credential presentation, Trump reportedly despatched his particular regards to Lee.
