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Talk with bin Salman, a total of 8 including Lee Jae-yong… Discussion on strengthening cooperation

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Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, and heads of major Korean groups rushed to meet Saudi Crown Prince Bin Salman.

Crown Prince bin Salman is said to have shown a lot of interest in domestic companies.

It is said that a plan to develop cooperation with Saudi Arabia was also discussed.

This is the report of reporter Paeng Jae-yong.

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Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong and SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won entered the Lotte Hotel in Sogong-dong, Seoul, which is under tight security.

Chung Eui-sun, chairman of Hyundai Motor Group, also appeared.

It was a direct step forward to have a tea meeting with Crown Prince Bin Salman of Saudi Arabia, who is visiting Korea.

In addition, the chairman and president of Doosan, DL, CJ, and Hyundai Heavy Industries, which is involved in the Neom City project, attended an extremely large new city project pursued by Saudi Arabia.

Chairman Lee Jae-yong and other business leaders arrived 30 minutes before the appointment time and received the Corona 19 PCR test.

The tea party started at 5:30pm and lasted approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes.

It is known that Crown Prince bin Salman has shown a lot of interest in domestic companies and discussed expanding cooperation.

“We are partners who have been doing many businesses together for a long time. There was discussion about doing various businesses together in the future.”

The specific area of ​​expanded cooperation is not known, but it appears that discussions will be related to this as Crown Prince bin Salman is leading the ‘Neom City project’.

In particular, it is seen that Chairman Lee Jae-yong has a personal relationship with Crown Prince bin Salman, and based on this, he would have taken an active stance in winning the Neom City project.

The business world sees the real power of Saudi Arabia, Crown Prince bin Salman, showing interest in domestic companies as a positive sign, and expects that various cooperation opportunities between the two countries will expand.

This is Yonhap News TV Paeng Jae-yong. ( paengman@yna.co.kr )

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