Korea-UAE summit (May 2024)
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, leader of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on a state visit to Korea, on May 29 reaffirmed the UAE's pledge of USD 30 billion investment in Korea. They also signed a comprehensive economic partnership agreement (CEPA) and later attended the signing ceremony for 19 accords, memorandums of understanding and letters of intent including the CEPA.
Korea-Japan-China summit (May 2024)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on May 27 hosted the country's ninth trilateral summit with Japan and China at the state guesthouse Yeongbingwan within the former presidential compound of Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul. He and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed to resume holding such summits on a regular basis and restore and normalize their three-way cooperative system.
They pledged to "increase the number of people-to-people exchanges among the three countries to 40 million by 2030" and "designate 2025-2026 as the Year of Cultural Exchange among the three countries."
On climate change, the three leaders agreed to "collaborate with Mongolia on reducing dust and sandstorms in East Asia" and "develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution at its fifth session (INC-5)" slated for November in Busan.
Korea-China summit (May 2024)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on May 26 hosted a bilateral summit with Chinese Premier Li Qiang at the Office of the President in Seoul. Premier Li arrived in Korea to attend the ninth trilateral summit among Korea, China and Japan.
Both leaders pledged to set up or resume communication channels in diplomacy and national security such as dialogues for diplomacy and national security and 1.5 track and strategic talks between vice foreign ministers.
They also agreed to resume a joint committee on investment cooperation that was suspended in 2011.
Korea-Japan summit (May 2024)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on May 26 hosted a bilateral summit with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the office of the President in Seoul. The Japanese leader made a visit to the country to attend the ninth trilateral summit among Korea, Japan and China.
The two leaders pledged to keep strengthening bilateral cooperation and trilateral collaboration with the U.S., closely communicate on regional and global issues, and raise collaboration on the global stage such as through the United Nations Security Council.
To elevate bilateral relations to mark the 60th anniversary of their official ties next year, both sides agreed to prepare projects through communication between diplomatic authorities.
Korea-Netherlands summit (December 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte on Dec. 13 held a joint news conference at the latter's office in The Hague after their bilateral summit and announced their semiconductor alliance.
On the occasion of President Yoon's state visit to the Netherlands, both sides signed three memorandums of understanding and launched three dialogue bodies on semiconductors and economic security.
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Korea-UK summit (November 2023)
Korea and the U.K., to mark the 140th anniversary of bilateral ties, have upgraded their diplomatic relations to the level of a "global strategic partnership" and adopted the Downing Street Accord, which focuses on bilateral cooperation methods.
President Yoon Suk Yeol and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Nov. 22 at their bilateral summit on 10 Downing Street in London held extensive talks on practical methods for bilateral cooperation, regional situations and global issues. To implement the accord, they agreed to promote new cooperation between both sides in national security, economy and a sustainable future.
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Korea-Qatar summit (October 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol, on a state visit to Qatar, on Oct. 25 held a summit on bilateral cooperation with the Arab country's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani at the latter's official office of Amiri Diwan in Doha.
On the occasion of their summit, both leaders agreed to raise the level of bilateral relations from a "comprehensive partnership" to a "comprehensive strategic partnership." This enabled more communication channels in diplomacy and national security and higher cooperation in related fields under a memorandum of understanding signed the same day on cooperation in the defense industry and military affairs.
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Korea-S. Arabia summit (October 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol, on a state visit to Saudi Arabia, on Oct. 22 held summit talks with Saudi Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman at Al Yamamah Palace in Riyadh on bilateral cooperation.
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Korea-Sri Lanka summit (September 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 18 held a bilateral summit with Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe. Both leaders exchanged opinions of developing bilateral relations, with President Yoon asking for Sri Lankan support for Busan's World Expo bid.
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Korea-Czech Republic (September 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Sept. 18 held a bilateral summit with Czech President Petr Pavel in New York. President Yoon said, "Since forging diplomatic relations in 1990, Korea and the Czech Republic have closely worked together in sharing universal values such as freedom, human rights and rule of law."
President Yoon also asked his Czech counterpart to pay more attention to and support the participation of Korean companies with world-class technology and competitiveness in the Eastern European country's new nuclear power plant in Dukovany.
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