Yoon and Zelensky Hold South Korea-Ukraine Summit in Hiroshima, Japan (Update)

G7 Summit Attendance Leads to 32-Minute Meeting
Likely Discussed Ukraine Support Measures

President Yoon Suk-yeol held a summit meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the final day of the Group of Seven (G7) summit on the 21st.

The Blue House announced that President Yoon and President Zelensky held a Korea-Ukraine summit in Hiroshima, Japan, from 1:50 p.m. to 2:22 p.m. that day, lasting 32 minutes.

Although President Yoon had a phone call with President Zelensky on March 29 last year during his president-elect period, this was their first in-person meeting.

President Zelensky was originally scheduled to participate in the G7 summit via video conference, but changed plans and flew directly to Hiroshima on the French government’s official plane the previous afternoon.

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The two leaders first met and shook hands during the expanded session of the G7 summit, and sat side by side during the summit meeting.

It appears that the Korea-Ukraine summit discussed ways to support Ukraine, which is at war with Russia. It is also expected that they discussed requests for Korean companies to participate in Ukraine’s reconstruction process.

Earlier, on the 16th, President Yoon met with Olena Zelenska, wife of President Zelensky, who visited Korea as a special envoy at the Yongsan Presidential Office, expressing support and solidarity by stating, “The use of force and inhumane acts causing innocent casualties cannot be tolerated.”

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