Korea-France summit (June 2022)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on June 29 in a summit with French President Emmanuel Macron discussed bilateral ties and key international issues.
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Korea-Australia summit (June 2022)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on June 28 held bilateral talks with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Norman Albanese in Madrid, Spain, the first event of the president's official schedule on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit.
Both leaders in the afternoon held their dialogue at a hotel in the Spanish capital, where they agreed to closely cooperate in getting North Korea to stop its nuclear program and maintaining peace on the Korean Peninsula based on the values of democracy, human rights and the market economy.
They also discussed economic and security issues like cooperation in energy and climate change, green technology of both countries for carbon neutrality, cutting-edge industrial materials and the supply network of rare minerals.
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Korea-Netherlands summit (June 2022)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on June 29 held a summit with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.
The two leaders discussed cooperation in future-oriented sectors such as cutting-edge technology including semiconductors and economic and national security issues. President Yoon said he hopes that Korean corporations, with high levels of safety and price competitiveness, can help raise the share of nuclear energy in the Dutch power industry, including construction of nuclear plants.
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Korea-Poland summit (June 2022)
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Polish President Andrzej Duda on June 29 in a bilateral summit discussed boosting practical cooperation and international issues, including North Korea's nuclear program.
President Yoon explained the recent political situation on the Korean Peninsula and Seoul's policy toward Pyeongyang. President Duda indicated support for the Yoon administration's efforts toward peace on the peninsula and pledged continued cooperation.
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Korea-US summit (May 2022)
President Yoon Suk Yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden on May 21 agreed to upgrade their bilateral alliance to the level of a "global comprehensive strategic alliance" and adopted a joint statement.
On the occasion of President Biden's official visit to Korea, the two leaders held talks at the presidential office in Seoul's Yongsan-gu District, discussing key issues such as North Korea, economic security and global cooperation.
Korea-Egypt summit (January 2022)
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 20 and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah El Sisi held a summit at the presidential palace in Cairo.
Both sides agreed to strengthen their partnership for sustainable development. Korea raised its limit on its Economic Development Cooperation Fund for Egypt to USD 1 billion, and will share its development experience and support the expansion of the Arab nation's transportation and water resource infrastructure such as railway construction in urban areas and seawater desalination.
The two countries also pledged close cooperation in overcoming the climate crisis.
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Korea-Saudi Arabia summit (January 2022)
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 18 attended a summit with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman at Yamamah Palace in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The two exchanged opinions on the advance of Korean companies in the Saudi nuclear power market and weapons exports.
Cheong Wa Dae said President Moon's visit to Saudi Arabia resulted in the conclusion of 11 agreements on cooperation in education, resource transactions between Korean corporations and Aramco, and collaboration in hydrogen supply networks.
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Korea-UAE summit (January 2022)
President Moon Jae-in on Jan. 16 held a summit with United Arab Emirates (UAE) Prime Minister and ruler of Dubai Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum at the Expo Dubai 2020's Leadership Hall. On a state visit to the Arab nation, the president in the talks discussed methods of bilateral cooperation including in the defense industry.
The two countries concluded a contract worth KRW 4.18 trillion on Korea's export of its self-developed M-SAM2, a mid-range ground-to-air missile, to the UAE.
The biggest export of a single Korean-developed weapons system, the deal is expected to promote worldwide the excellence of the Korean defense industry and accelerate follow-up cooperative projects.
Signing the contract was Tawazun Economic Council, which manages the supply contract between the UAE Ministry of Defense and Korean defense contractors such as LIG Nex1, Hanwha Systems and Hanwha Defense.
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Korea-Uzbekistan summit (December 2021)
President Moon Jae-in on Dec. 17 and visiting Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev agreed at their summit at Cheong Wa Dae to bolster bilateral cooperation in the diversification of rare metal supply chains and in sectors like energy, infrastructure, and medical and health care.
Both sides agreed to expand cooperation in energy, infrastructure, and information and communications technology and strive to quickly conclude a bilateral trade agreement.
On cooperation in the supply of rare earth metals, the two countries decided to diversify the supply chain network for such metals by using as a hub a bilateral rare metal center that opened in April 2019 in Chirchik, a city northwest of the Uzbek capital of Tashkent. The two countries will also widen cooperation in the development of renewable energy and improvement of energy efficiency.
Korea-Australia summit (December 2021)
President Moon Jae-in, who is on a state visit to Australia, on Dec. 13 held a bilateral summit with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at Parliament House in Canberra on boosting cooperative ties between the two countries.
Both leaders agreed to continue systematic cooperation in their respective country's response to COVID-19 and set up supply chains for key Australian natural resources such as rare earth metals and lithium.
To mark the 60th anniversary of bilateral ties this year, Seoul and Canberra agreed to upgrade bilateral ties to the level of a comprehensive strategic relationship.
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