President Lee Jae Myung held back-to-back talks with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the sidelines of the Group of 20 (G20) summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, to debate bilateral cooperation, the presidential workplace stated Sunday.
Throughout his assembly with Modi on Saturday (native time), Lee expressed hope to forge deeper cooperation within the financial system, tradition and safety, in addition to people-to-people exchanges, the workplace stated.
Modi praised Korea’s superior shipbuilding capabilities and a small-group cooperative framework with Korea in future-oriented sectors, corresponding to shipbuilding, whereas additionally expressing hope to strengthen bilateral cooperation within the protection business, in line with the workplace.
“The 2 leaders agreed on the necessity to enhance bilateral cooperation in varied areas, corresponding to synthetic intelligence and the protection business, and push for working-level consultations,” the workplace stated in a launch.
Through the talks, Modi invited Lee to India, and Lee expressed hope to go to India to additional promote bilateral ties, it stated.
Individually, Lee met with Lula to discover methods to boost cooperation between the 2 governments within the areas of financial system, tradition and safety, in addition to between their non-public sectors.
Additionally they exchanged views on financial coverage, earnings redistribution, and democracy, and prolonged invites to go to one another’s nation, the workplace stated.
On the margins of the G20 summit, Lee held separate summits with French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Saturday.
