Yoon, 3 countries in Southeast Asia...Push for First Talks With Japan's New Prime Minister

Yoon will travel to three Southeast Asian countries for five nights and six days from the 6th.State Visit to the Philippines and Singapore...Discuss ways to promote cooperation
South Korea-ASEAN relations upgrade...comprehensive strategic partnership

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol will make a state visit to the Philippines and Singapore from the 6th and attend the ASEAN Summit in Laos.

The ASEAN summit is expected to be attended by Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, which is expected to be the first summit with President Yoon.

Reporter Kang Hee-kyung reports.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol will travel to three Southeast Asian countries for a six-day visit from the 6th.President Yun

will first make a state visit to the Philippines and Singapore to discuss ways to promote cooperation.

In particular, the Philippines plans to resume nuclear power plant construction, which has been suspended since 1986, and nuclear cooperation is expected to rise to the agenda during this visit.

[Park Chun-seop / Senior Presidential Secretary for Economic Affairs: The Philippines hopes to cooperate with South Korea, which has the world's best nuclear power plant competitiveness, and more detailed cooperation plans will be discussed on the occasion of this visit.]

In Singapore, he will deliver a speech on the theme of "Unification Vision for the Indo-Pacific of Freedom, Peace and Prosperity," which is expected to be the first opportunity to explain the meaning of the August 15 reunification doctrine to overseas audiences.

Soon after, President Yoon will move to Vientiane, Laos, where the ASEAN summit will be held.

From the 10th, he will attend the ASEAN-Korea Summit, the ASEAN+Korea-Japan Summit, and the East Asia Summit.

At the ASEAN summit, which will be the third time since taking office, President Yoon plans to establish a Korea-ASEAN "comprehensive strategic partnership" to elevate the Korea-ASEAN relationship to the highest level.

[Kim Tae-hyo / 1st Deputy Director of the National Security Office: This will be the first time in 14 years that South Korea and ASEAN have established a strategic partnership since 2010, showing that the ASEAN-Korea relationship is now at its best.]

The possibility of a first summit with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba is also being weighed by the summit.

A senior presidential official said the two sides are holding bilateral talks on the premise that the Japanese prime minister will attend the ASEAN summit.

The presidential office emphasized that the trip will serve as a new opportunity to expand Korea-ASEAN relations in all directions, promoting multi-layered cooperation with ASEAN and further strengthening cooperation with ASEAN, Korea, China, and Japan.

I'm Kang Hee-kyung of YTN.

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