Government Self-assesses "Moon Jae-in's 5 Years Raised Global Leading Nation Status"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoo In-ho] The government evaluated that “the status as a global leading country has been elevated” over the past five years in relation to the achievements of summit diplomacy since President Moon Jae-in’s inauguration.

On the 22nd, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported on the ‘Follow-up Measures and Achievements of Summit Diplomacy under the Moon Jae-in Administration’ at the Cabinet meeting presided over by President Moon Jae-in at the Blue House.

In the report that day, the government explained that since President Moon’s inauguration, a total of 141 summit diplomacy events were conducted, including visits to 56 countries, visits by foreign dignitaries from 56 countries, and 29 video summit meetings and conferences.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized, “Through close cooperation between South Korea and the United States, the foundation for complete denuclearization and peace settlement on the Korean Peninsula was established, and confident cooperative diplomacy was conducted with the United States, China, Japan, and Russia,” adding, “The New Southern Policy and New Northern Policy were actively promoted, and cooperation was strengthened with Latin America, Africa, and Middle Eastern countries to broaden the diplomatic horizon and secure new growth engines.”

It further added, “We were invited to the G7 (Group of Seven) summit for two consecutive years, and for the first time among former presidents, attended the United Nations General Assembly for five consecutive years,” stating, “The role as a responsible member of the international community was strengthened.”

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs first analyzed that there were achievements in creating future growth engines by supporting Korean companies’ overseas expansion in various fields such as infrastructure, defense industry, and supply chains.

A representative case cited was the export contract for the ballistic missile interception system ‘Cheongung-II’ signed during the visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in January.

The contract amount at that time, $3.5 billion, is the largest ever for a single weapon system.

Also included as achievements were the export contracts for the K9 self-propelled howitzer signed with Egypt in the same month and with Australia during the visit in December of the previous year.

Since the visit to Kazakhstan in April 2019, the steady increase in overseas infrastructure orders, such as Korean companies winning the contract for the construction and operation of the Almaty ring road project, was also evaluated as an achievement.

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