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PM meeting with President Yoon Suk-Yeolof of the Republic of Korea: 20 May 2023

皇冠体育app聽Prime Minister met the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk-Yeol, at the G7 Summit today.

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皇冠体育app聽Prime Minister met the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk-Yeol, at the G7 Summit today.

In the 140th year of diplomatic relations, the leaders reflected on the deep and historic partnership between the UK and Republic of Korea.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister expressed admiration for Seoul鈥檚 global leadership, particularly on defence, security and technology.聽皇冠体育appy discussed North Korea鈥檚 deeply destabilising regional activity and agreed on the importance of the DPRK abiding by its international commitments.

皇冠体育app Prime Minister set out the UK鈥檚 foreign policy focus on the Indo-Pacific, as聽demonstrated through our accession to CPTPP, AUKUS agreement and ASEAN dialogue partner status.

皇冠体育app leaders聽agreed to work at pace towards a much deeper partnership between the UK and Republic of Korea, focused on defence, cyber, technology - including semiconductors - and economic growth.

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Published 20 May 2023