President Yoon departs for South America the day after 'APEC·G20'... "Promoting Korea-China-Japan talks"

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol will leave for five nights and eight days the day after tomorrow (14th) to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation, the APEC summit and the G20 summit.

The president's office explained that it is coordinating the schedule to hold summits with more countries, including the Korea-Japan summit, on the occasion of attending the meeting.

I'll connect you to a reporter and find out more.

Reporter Cho Yong-sung, is there a high possibility that the Korea-Japan summit will be held on the occasion of this trip?

[Reporter]
That's right.

Kim Tae-hyo, the first deputy director of the National Security Office, said President Yoon will visit Lima, Peru, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from the 14th.

In particular, during the APEC and G20 summits, President Yun said that he would hold individual bilateral meetings with the leaders of major countries, including Japan.
Let's listen to the remarks of Kim Tae-hyo, the first deputy director of
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[Kim Tae-hyo / Deputy Director of the National Security Office: We are holding bilateral talks with a number of countries including Vietnam, Mexico, Brunei, and Japan, but we are discussing with more countries due to the nature of multilateral meetings, but we are still working on a detailed schedule.]

An official from the presidential office explained that the possibility of a Korea-Japan summit is very high.

An official from the presidential office said the South Korea-U.S.-Japan summit is also in discussions with related countries,

He also said that if it happens this time, a separate three-way meeting expected to be held in the United States next month will not be needed.

If done, it will be the first time in a year and three months since the Camp David meeting last year, and the first Korea-U.S.-Japan meeting attended by Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba.

At the same time, a Korea-China summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping is also underway.President

Yoon and President Xi met briefly at the APEC summit a year ago, but if the Korea-China summit is held this time, they will sit face to face for the first time in two years.

In addition, he only expressed the position that he was closely communicating with the president-elect about the possibility of meeting with President-elect Trump of the United States on the occasion of his trip.

President Yoon will attend the 31st APEC Summit to be held in Lima, Peru, during this trip,
He will head to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the G20 summit will be held for two days from the 18th after
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Yoon will declare that the Republic of Korea will take the lead in trade investment as the chair country of APEC next year and emphasize solidarity for the common good by utilizing digital, eco-friendly and AI technologies.

The G20 summit will be held under the theme of "Just World and Sustainable Earth," and this will be the third time President Yoon will attend after Bali in 2022 and New Delhi last year.

At the meeting, President Yoon will announce the Korean government's humanitarian aid pledge to respond to the global food crisis and urge pan-G20 efforts to support economic growth in developing countries as a solution to hunger and poverty.

Earlier, the president's office said that President Yoon's wife, Kim Gun-hee, will not accompany her on this trip.

So far, I'm YTN Cho Yong-sung in the presidential office in Yongsan.