尹대통령, G7 열리는 히로시마 도착…2박3일 연쇄회담 돌입 Yoon arrives in Japan for G-7 summit, me

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Yoon arrives in Japan for G-7 summit, meetings with Biden, Kishida

尹대통령, G7 열리는 히로시마 도착…2박3일 연쇄회담 돌입

Diplomacy 16:10 May 19, 2023 Yonhap News

(ATTN: UPDATES with Yoon's arrival; CHANGES dateline, photo)
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By Lee Haye-ah
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HIROSHIMA, Japan, May 19 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Hiroshima on Friday for a Group of Seven (G-7) summit and other meetings on the sidelines, including one with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and another with Kishida and U.S. President Joe Biden.
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The three-day visit comes amid a flurry of diplomacy as Yoon pushes to rebuild Seoul's relationships with Washington and Tokyo, and strengthen ties with like-minded nations that share the universal values of freedom, human rights and democracy.
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Yoon will be the fourth South Korean president to attend a G-7 summit and is accompanied by first lady Kim Keon Hee. South Korea is not a member of the bloc but was invited as one of eight guest nations, along with Australia, Brazil, Comoros, the Cook Islands, India, Indonesia and Vietnam.
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President Yoon Suk Yeol (L) and first lady Kim Keon Hee exit Air Force One after arriving at Hiroshima Airport in Hiroshima, Japan, on May 19, 2023. (Yonhap)
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Yoon will address an expanded session of the G-7 summit and speak on issues that include food security, health, climate change and energy. The session will also include a discussion on policies for a rules-based international order and engaging with emerging countries.
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"Our selection as a G-7 invited country this year will be an opportunity to confirm‎ our status as a global partner for defending the rules-based international order and responding to global challenges," Principal Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo told reporters earlier.
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"The trend we're seeing is a strengthening of relations with key friendly nations, such as the United States and Japan, and an expansion of the bilateral diplomacy basis, where we have built trust, to the multilateral diplomacy forum," he said.
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A highlight of the trip will be a trilateral meeting among Yoon, Biden and Kishida on the margins of the G-7 summit.
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This combined photo taken Nov. 13, 2022, shows South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (L), U.S. President Joe Biden (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida posing for a photo during their summit at a hotel in Phnom Penh. (Yonhap)
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The meeting is likely to take place Sunday, on the last day of Yoon's visit, and will build on the three leaders' previous summit in Cambodia last November.
It will come on the heels of two summits between Yoon and Kishida, in March and May, and Yoon's state visit to Washington in April.
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"Based on the foundation of a more robust bilateral relationship between South Korea and the U.S., and between South Korea and Japan, they're expected to discuss strategic cooperation measures to upgrade South Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation one step further in the face of North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, regional supply chain instability, the energy crisis and other common challenges," Kim said.
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Chief among the agenda items will be their agreement in Cambodia to share missile warning data in real time to counter growing North Korean missile threats, though no new agreement is expected to be announced.
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"I think the three leaders will be briefed on progress made so far, review it and then the three countries will each announce a coordinated outcome," a presidential official said.
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Separately, Yoon and Kishida will hold a bilateral summit Sunday, their third since March.
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Bilateral relations have warmed significantly following Seoul's decision in March to compensate Korean victims of Japanese wartime forced labor without asking for contributions from Japanese firms.
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Pictured on May 18, 2023, is the Grand Prince Hotel Hiroshima in Hiroshima on Japan's Honshu Island, the venue for the upcoming Group of 7 summit. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the meeting from May 19-21. (Yonhap)
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Yoon will also hold bilateral summits with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Vietnamese Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Friday, and with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Indonesian President Joko Widodo and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Saturday.
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In a symbolic move, Yoon and Kishida plan to pay a joint visit to a cenotaph for Korean victims of the 1945 Hiroshima atomic bombing at the Peace Memorial Park.
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It will be the first visit to the memorial by a South Korean president and the first joint visit by the leaders of the two countries.
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Through the visit, "South Korea and Japan will resolve to prepare together for a future of peace and prosperity," Kim said.
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On Friday, Yoon will meet with a group of Korean victims of the atomic bombing in Hiroshima, the first South Korean president to do so, according to his office.
hague@yna.co.kr
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尹대통령, G7 열리는 히로시마 도착…2박3일 연쇄회담 돌입(종합)

송고시간 2023-05-19 16:07 연합뉴스 정아란 기자 안용수 기자 이동환 기자

오늘 오후 호주·베트남 정상회담…역대 대통령 최초로 원폭 피해자 동포 만남 예정

히로시마 도착한 윤석열 대통령 내외

(히로시마=연합뉴스) 임헌정 기자 = 주요 7개국(G7) 정상회의에 참석하는 윤석열 대통령과 김건희 여사가 19일 일본 히로시마공항에 도착, 공군 1호기에서 내리고 있다. 2023.5.19 kane@yna.co.kr

(히로시마=연합뉴스) 안용수 이동환 기자 = 윤석열 대통령이 19일 주요 7개국(G7) 정상회의가 열리는 일본 히로시마에 도착, 2박 3일의 방일 일정을 시작했다.

윤 대통령과 부인 김건희 여사는 이날 오후 대통령 전용기인 공군 1호기 편으로 히로시마 공항을 통해 입국했다.

일본 측에서는 야마다 켄지 외무부대신, 시마다 다케히로 의전장, 나카모토 다카시 히로시마 현의회의장, 모타니 다츠노리 히로시마 시의회의장, 고다케 유키노리 공항사무소장, 나카무라 야스히로 공항주식회사 사장 등이 나와 윤 대통령 부부를 영접했다.

우리 측에서는 윤덕민 주일대사와 임시흥 주히로시마총영사가 함께했다.

윤 대통령은 이들과 일일이 악수하며 인사를 나눴으며 히로시마 대학생 2명으로부터 꽃다발을 받았다.

윤 대통령은 남색 정장에 파란색 넥타이를 착용했으며 김 여사는 파란색 정장 재킷에 검정 정장 바지 차림이었다.

윤 대통령은 이날 오후 앤서니 앨버니지 호주 총리·팜 민 찐 베트남 총리와 연달아 회담한다.

이어 역대 대통령 가운데 처음으로 히로시마 원폭 피해자 동포들과도 만난다.

나렌드라 모리 인도 총리·조코 위도도 인도네시아 대통령·리시 수낵 영국 총리(20일), 기시다 후미오 일본 총리(21일) 등과 회담도 예정돼 있다.

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