President Yoon Seok-yeol and First Lady Kim Kun-hee greet each other after boarding Air Force Unit 1, arriving at Seoul’s Seongnam Airport on the 18th for a three-nation visit, the United Kingdom , the United States and Canada on a five-night, seven-day trip. provided by the president’s office
President Yoon Seok-yeol departed on the morning of the 18th for a tour of the UK, US, and Canada for 7 days and 5 nights. Starting with attending the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II in London, England, the United Nations General Assembly will be held in New York, United States, and a summit meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
President Yun exchanged farewell greetings as he boarded the presidential plane for a trip with Kim Gun-hee at Seoul International Airport this morning. From the party, Chairman of the People’s Power Emergency Response Committee Jeong Jin-seok, from the government, Interior and Security Minister Lee Sang-min, from the presidential office, chief of staff Kim Dae-gi and senior political affairs chief Lee Jin – book, etc.
President Yun, wearing a black suit and gray tie, and Mrs Kim, dressed in a black two-piece suit, climbed onto the boarding ramp of the private plane and waved goodbye. The first destination of President Yoon’s party is London, England. President Yoon, who arrives in London around 3 pm local time, will attend a reception hosted by King Charles III at 6 pm.
The funeral of Queen Elizabeth II, which will take place at 11am on the 19th at Westminster Abbey in London, will be attended by the royal family, British Prime Minister Liz Truss, and other heads of state. After the funeral, which is expected to last around 50 minutes, there is a two minute silence, and the queen’s coffin will be carried in a gun carriage. Foreign heads of state, including President Yoon, will attend the welcoming reception hosted by Foreign Minister James Clevely at the Church House immediately after the funeral.
President Yoon Seok-yeol greets People’s Power Emergency Response Committee Chairman Jeong Jin-seok, who arrived at Seoul’s Seongnam Airport on the morning of the 18th to visit the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada on a five-day visit , seven days. day trip random news
After finishing his schedule in London, President Yoon departs at 4 pm on the 19th and arrives in New York at 7 pm. President Yoon, who will be the 10th keynote speaker at the United Nations General Assembly held on the 20th, is expected to appeal for cooperation from the international community by proposing this ‘bold initiative’ again. The Korea-Japan and Korea-US summits are also expected to be held in New York, respectively. Earlier, the presidential office had announced that it had agreed to hold bilateral talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and US President Joe Biden, respectively, and that specific schedules were being adjusted.
After the New York schedule is over, he will return to Korea on the 23rd after holding the Korea-Canada summit with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Ottawa, Canada. Earlier, a high-ranking official in the president’s office said about the trip. “The three keywords that run through the entire itinerary are broad solidarity with the ‘freedom’ that President Yoon emphasized in Korea in the global society, the expansion of ‘economic security’, and the expansion of ‘contribution diplomacy’ in all fieldI will do it,” he said.
