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皇冠体育app Prime Minister welcomed President Yoon of the Republic of Korea and a delegation of his ministers to Downing Street this afternoon, as part of the President鈥檚 State Visit to the UK. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister was accompanied by the Deputy Prime Minister,聽Home Secretary, Business and Trade Secretary, Science, Innovation and Technology Secretary, and the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary.聽

皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Yoon welcomed the agreement of the Downing Street Accord, which the Prime Minister described as a ground breaking symbol of the strength of the relationship between the UK and South Korea. 皇冠体育app leaders agreed that the Accord聽will cement and enhance our relationship in crucial areas including security, technology and trade.聽

皇冠体育app Prime Minister stressed the indivisibility of UK and Korean security, and the leaders welcomed steps to increase our military cooperation and elevate our defence relationship through today鈥檚 agreement. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister condemned North Korea鈥檚 launch聽of ballistic missile technology yesterday. Both leaders expressed their concern about the reported support that Russia is providing to the DPRK. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister stressed that South Korea can be assured of UK solidarity in the face of daily threats.聽

Both leaders welcomed the growing cooperation between our countries to develop and harness the technologies of the future. President Yoon praised the UK鈥檚 successful AI Safety Summit earlier this month, and the leaders looked ahead to the next iteration聽which will be co-hosted by both our countries. 皇冠体育app leaders also welcomed renewed cooperation between the UK and South Korea on clean energy, particularly nuclear and wind.聽

Today the UK and South Korea have launched negotiations on a modernised Free Trade Agreement, building on our existing 拢10 billion trade relationship. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister and President Yoon hailed the strong economic links between our countries, as evidenced聽by the 拢21 billion in new investment by South Korean companies into the UK this week.聽

皇冠体育app leaders discussed the strong cooperation between the UK and South Korea on foreign policy issues. 皇冠体育appy agreed that our countries share the same outlook and values on global affairs 鈥� something that can be seen in the broad alignment of our approaches聽to China, the situation in the Middle East and Russia鈥檚 illegal war in Ukraine. 皇冠体育app Prime Minister looked forward to working with South Korea through their membership of the UN Security Council from January.聽

Finally, the Prime Minister reiterated his thanks to President Yoon for making this State Visit to the UK. He paid tribute to Korea鈥檚 journey to become a global, pivotal state over the 140 years of diplomatic friendship between our countries. 皇冠体育app Prime聽Minister underscored his pride that the UK is Korea鈥檚 closest partner in Europe.