<기사제목>Presidential Office: "Yoon Meets with Opposition Leaders... No Reason to Refuse If Broad Agreement Reached Between Ruling and Opposition Parties"

Newly Elected National Assembly Speaker Yeowon-dae May Hold Several Meetings Between Ruling and Opposition Parties

The Presidential Office stated on the 1st that regarding the possibility of a meeting between the ruling and opposition party leaders to explain the outcomes of President Yoon Seok-yeol's state visit to the United States, "Such (presidential meeting) matters can be raised during meetings between the floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties, and if an agreement is reached among them, the Presidential Office has no reason to refuse."

A key official from the Presidential Office said to reporters at the Yongsan Presidential Office in the afternoon, when asked, "Is there a possibility that President Yoon could have a chance to explain the diplomatic achievements of his state visit to the opposition party leadership?" that "Since the floor leader of the main opposition party has been newly elected, various meetings between the floor leaders of the ruling and opposition parties could take place," thus commenting.

Since the launch of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration in May last year, there has been no official meeting with the opposition party leadership. After Lee Jae-myung, leader of the Democratic Party of Korea, was elected at the party convention in August last year, he requested several summit talks, but none materialized.

The Presidential Office at the time rejected the term "summit talks" itself, saying it was a term used only when the president concurrently served as the party chairman in the past, and insisted that the president and the leaders of both ruling and opposition parties should meet together.

Some quarters see the possibility of President Yoon and the ruling and opposition party leaders meeting together opening up with the election of Park Kwang-on as the floor leader of the Democratic Party on the 28th of last month.

Until now, the Democratic Party was dominated by the pro-Lee Jae-myung faction, but with the election of Park, who is classified as part of the non-Lee Jae-myung faction within the Democratic Party, there is a suggestion that relations between the ruling and opposition parties could change.

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