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President Moon Jae-in is leaving for Europe tomorrow to attend the summit of 20 major countries and the United Nations General Assembly of the Parties on Climate Change.
President Moon plans to express his will to overcome COVID-19 and to be carbon neutral through the multilateral diplomacy forum, and also plan to meet with the Pope to ask for efforts for peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Reporter Baek Jong-gyu.
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President Moon Jae-in is leaving for Rome, Italy for a 9-day, 7-night European tour.
The first place to visit is the Vatican Vatican.
A meeting with Pope Francis is scheduled, and opinions on the progress of the peace process on the Korean Peninsula are expected to be exchanged.
At this meeting, President Moon is likely to request the pope’s visit to North Korea once again to bring North Korea to the table of dialogue.
In addition, we will attend the summit of 20 major countries, which will be held in the form of the first face-to-face meeting since Corona.
President Moon plans to participate in all three summit sessions on international economy and health, climate change and environment, and sustainable development.
A meeting with US President Joe Biden is also noteworthy.
The Blue House said that it expects President Moon and President Biden to meet in some form, but explained that the schedule for the summit has not been set.
President Moon will also attend the UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties in Glasgow, UK.
It is an opportunity to inform the international community of Korea’s 2050 carbon neutral scenario and the plan to raise the national greenhouse gas reduction target by 2030.
[박경미 / 청와대 대변인 (지난 22일) : 지난 6월 G7 정상회의와 9월 유엔총회 참석에 이어 글로벌 현안에 대한 우리의 기여 의지를 재확인하고 우리의 국제 위상을 제고하는 계기가 될 것입니다.]
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida can also attend the meeting, and it is interesting to see if the two leaders will meet for the first time and make a breakthrough in the tight relationship between Korea and Japan.
After that, President Moon plans to visit Hungary on a state visit to commemorate the victims of the Danube River ship accident and hold a summit meeting with the ‘Visegrad’ group, which includes Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Poland.
President Moon is scheduled to return to Korea on the 5th of next month after completing his last European tour in Hungary.
This is Baek Jong-gyu from YTN.
YTN Baek Jong-gyu (jongkyu87@ytn.co.kr)
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