President Lee Jae Myung departed Monday for the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg, embarking on his four-nation swing to the Center East and Africa, as Korea seeks to diversify its diplomatic ties within the World South.
The primary leg of his journey is the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Lee will arrive in Abu Dhabi later within the day for a three-day state go to, throughout which he’ll maintain summit talks with UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan to debate cooperation within the protection trade, synthetic intelligence and different strategic sectors.
Lee will then journey to Cairo, Egypt, for a three-day official go to. He’s scheduled to carry talks with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi and ship an deal with at Cairo College outlining Seoul’s initiatives for the Center East.
In Johannesburg, he’ll attend the G20 summit on Saturday and Sunday, the place he’s anticipated to pledge Korea’s expanded position in selling inclusive, sustainable development, and addressing local weather change and different world points.
Lee can be scheduled to fulfill with leaders from MIKTA — a gaggle of center powers composed of Korea, Mexico, Indonesia, Turkey and Australia — on the sidelines of the G20 summit.
He’ll conclude the journey with a two-day state go to to Ankara for talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on bilateral cooperation and can return residence on Nov. 26.
Lee expects his visits to the UAE, Egypt and Turkey to yield sensible outcomes within the protection trade and superior applied sciences, together with synthetic intelligence, below his pragmatic diplomacy, Nationwide Safety Adviser Wi Sung-lac stated Friday.
Wi stated Lee’s first journey to the Center East and Africa since taking workplace in June is predicted to put the groundwork for his efforts to increase outreach to the World South, broadly referring to growing economies positioned in Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Lee’s participation within the G20 summit following his attendance on the Group of seven summit in Canada in June and his internet hosting of the Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation summit in October — will mark the ultimate occasion of this yr’s multilateral diplomacy.
