JOHANNESBURG — President Lee Jae Myung on Sunday wrapped up his three-day go to to South Africa for the Group of 20 (G20) summit and departed for Turkey, the ultimate cease in his four-nation swing to the Center East and Africa.
His participation within the G20 assembly marked the ultimate leg of his multilateral diplomacy this 12 months, following his attendance on the Group of Seven summit in Canada, the U.N. Basic Meeting in New York and Korea’s internet hosting of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit.
Lee arrived in Johannesburg on Friday after visits to the United Arab Emirates and Egypt, and took half in all three G20 periods over the weekend.
Throughout the conferences, he known as for revitalizing the World Commerce Group’s multilateral buying and selling system, strengthening joint efforts to handle local weather change and guaranteeing extra equitable entry to synthetic intelligence applied sciences.
With Korea set to imagine rotating presidency of G20 in 2028, Lee vowed to host the summit with “a way of duty” to strengthen its position in selling the worldwide financial cooperation.
On the sidelines, Lee held a sequence of bilateral and multilateral talks, together with conferences with leaders of France, Germany, India and Brazil.
He additionally joined a session of MIKTA — a middle-power grouping comprising Mexico, Indonesia, Korea, Turkey and Australia.
The G20 summit successfully capped Lee’s multilateral diplomatic schedule for the 12 months.
Korea, China and Japan reportedly had consultations to rearrange their first trilateral summit since Could 2024, however the timing stays unsure amid a diplomatic row between Tokyo and Beijing over Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s latest remarks on Taiwan.
