In-young Lee Visits Sweden on the 1st... Bilateral Talks with Foreign Minister

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[Asia Economy Reporter Lee Ji-eun] Lee In-young, Minister of Unification, who is on a tour of Europe, will visit Sweden on the 1st to hold a bilateral meeting with Foreign Minister Ann Linde.

He will also have consecutive meetings with members of the Foreign Affairs Committee, including Kent H?gglund, Special Envoy for the Korean Peninsula, Karin Wallenstein, Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister's Office, Susanne Lundgren, Third Deputy Speaker of the Swedish Parliament, and Olle Thorell, President of the Korea-Sweden Parliamentary Friendship Association, to exchange views on Sweden's active mediation role and creative solutions for problem-solving to advance denuclearization and peacebuilding on the Korean Peninsula.

Earlier, on the morning of the 30th of last month, Minister Lee held bilateral meetings with Jutta Urpilainen, European Commissioner for International Partnerships, and Janusz Wojciechowski, European Commissioner for Crisis Management, to discuss Europe's role and Korea-Europe cooperation plans for advancing denuclearization and the peace process on the Korean Peninsula.

Both sides shared a common understanding of the importance of consistently carrying out humanitarian cooperation for North Korean residents separately from political and security situations amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, and exchanged views on creative cooperation measures to promptly alleviate the humanitarian difficulties faced by North Korean residents.

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