International Courant
ANKARA
South Korea and Poland mentioned cooperation in nuclear power, weapons and infrastructure on Thursday, pledging to work collectively to rebuild war-torn Ukraine.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met along with his Polish counterpart, Andrzej Duda, in Warsaw to debate methods to develop cooperation with Poland within the protection and high-tech sectors, together with clear power, next-generation batteries, electrical automobiles and data expertise. Yonhap reported the Information.
The 2 international locations agreed that they’re “essentially the most appropriate companions” for the reconstruction of Ukraine.
Yoon arrived in Warsaw on Wednesday for a three-day official go to after attending a NATO summit in Lithuania.
This was Yoon’s first bilateral go to to a European nation since taking workplace. He’s additionally the primary South Korean president to make an official go to to Warsaw since Lee Myung-bak in 2009.
Talking on the joint press convention held after his assembly with Duda on the presidential palace, Yoon mentioned that the 2 international locations have already made nice strides of their strategic partnership established in 2013, that bilateral commerce reached a file stage of $9 billion final 12 months and that South Korea has turn into an necessary investor. in Poland.
Yoon famous, “We famous that South Korean companies are increasing into cutting-edge industries similar to electrical automobile batteries and 5G networks in Poland, and we determined to work collectively to safe a future development engine for each international locations.”
Yoon mentioned the 2 sides agreed that nuclear energy improvement is essentially the most acceptable device to realize each power safety and carbon neutrality, and to actively help cooperation between the companies of the 2 international locations for the profitable building of nuclear energy vegetation in Poland.
After Poland purchased 20 trillion gained ($15.7 billion) value of K2 tanks, K9 self-propelled howitzers and FA-50 fighter jets from South Korea final 12 months, the 2 leaders agreed to work more durable to make sure mutually helpful cooperation within the protection business. .
“We agreed to come back collectively to defend the rules-based worldwide order,” Yoon mentioned.
He added that the 2 sides noticed Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as “a problem to the liberty of the worldwide neighborhood, human rights and the rule of regulation” and agreed to proceed serving to to finish the struggle and restore peace.
Additionally they condemned North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch yesterday and urged Pyongyang to instantly halt nuclear and missile improvement.
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