Summit Diplomacy
Korea-Poland summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 13 held a bilateral summit with Polish President Andrzej Duda in the Polish capital of Warsaw. Earlier in the day, President Yoon attended a luncheon hosted by Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki to discuss bilateral cooperation.
Korea-Netherlands summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a bilateral summit with Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-Hungary summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a bilateral summit with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-Norway summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a summit with Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-Portugal summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a bilateral summit with Portuguese Prime Minister Antonio Costa in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-New Zealand summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a bilateral summit with New Zealand Prime Minister Chris Hipkins in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-Romania summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a bilateral summit with Romanian President Klaus Iohannis in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-Sweden summit (July 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol on July 11 held a bilateral summit with Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson in the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius.
Korea-France summit (June 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is on an official visit to France, on June 20 visited the French presidential residence Elysee Palace to attend a bilateral summit with French President Emmanuel Macron.
President Yoon requested President Macron and the French public's support for Busan's bid to host the 2030 World Expo.
On the occasion of the founding of Korea's national space administration, both leaders agreed to expand cooperation in space and collaboration between France's Airbus and Korean companies in the defense industry, clean energy such as next-generation small modular reactors and hydrogen energy, and exchange of and cooperation among youth startups.
Korea-Canada summit (May 2023)
President Yoon Suk Yeol and Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on May 17 in their summit at the presidential office in Seoul pledged cooperation in sectors like economic security and supply chains and expansion of youth exchange.
In economic cooperation, the two leaders agreed to launch regular "2+2" high-level talks on economic security between foreign and economy ministers to discuss key issues such as supply chain stability and cooperation in clean energy. They also signed a memorandum of understanding on supply chains for core minerals for stronger cooperation in such minerals and energy.
The two leaders agreed to greatly expand exchanges between future generations. Both sides will increase the annual number of working holiday students who can live, work and study in the other country from 4,000 to 12,000, in addition to easing requirements on age and work hours.