Yoon Holds Korea-Australia Summit in Hiroshima... Beginning of a Series of Summits

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President Yoon Suk-yeol visited Hiroshima, Japan, on the 19th during his attendance at the Group of Seven (G7) summit and held a Korea-Australia summit meeting with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Norman Albanese as his first schedule.

At around 5:30 p.m. that day, President Yoon met with Prime Minister Albanese at a hotel in downtown Hiroshima to hold the summit meeting.

On the Korean side at the summit were Foreign Minister Park Jin, National Security Office Director Cho Tae-yong, First Deputy Director of the National Security Office Kim Tae-hyo, Presidential Office Chief of Public Relations Kim Eun-hye, and Presidential Office Chief of Economic Affairs Choi Sang-mok.

On the Australian side, attendees included Chief Foreign Policy Advisor to the Prime Minister Kasey Klugman, Katrina Cooper, G7 and G20 Sherpa, Justin Hayhurst, Australian Ambassador to Japan, Scott Dewey, Deputy Secretary of the Prime Minister’s International Security Group and Sherpa for the Quad (United States, Japan, Australia, India) security consultative body.

President Yoon greeted Prime Minister Albanese, saying, "It has been six months since we last met in November last year." The two leaders had met at the ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in November last year.

President Yoon Suk-yeol is shaking hands with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during the Korea-Australia summit held on the occasion of attending the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Japan on the 19th.
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During the summit meeting, President Yoon and Prime Minister Albanese planned to discuss international affairs, supply chains, and other economic issues. Lee Do-woon, spokesperson, said in a briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office that morning, "Australia is an ally that shares values of liberal democracy and market economy with us," adding, "They will discuss regional and international affairs, and since Australia is a major importer of our minerals, discussions related to the economy and industry will also take place."

Previously, in June last year, when President Yoon visited Madrid, Spain, to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, he held a Korea-Australia summit meeting with Prime Minister Albanese.

At that time, the two leaders discussed ▲ cooperation on energy and climate change ▲ the North Korean nuclear issue ▲ solidarity on values and norms ▲ ASEAN centrality ▲ the bid for the 2030 Busan Expo ▲ mutual invitations for summit visits and proposals for annual meetings. President Yoon is also reported to have expressed willingness for Korean companies to participate in green hydrogen cooperation.

After the summit meeting with Prime Minister Albanese, President Yoon planned to hold a Korea-Vietnam summit with Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh and conduct a series of bilateral meetings during the G7 summit period.

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