Lee to host dinner with new DP chair, former leadership contenders
In this file photo, President Lee Jae Myung, right, speaks with then Prime Minister Kim Min-seok during a Cabinet meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Jun. 30. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung is set to host a dinner meeting this week with the newly elected leader of the ruling Democratic Party (DP) and two former contenders of the leadership race, his office said Monday.
Lee will meet with DP chair Kim Min-seok and the former contenders — Reps. Jung Chung-rae and Song Young-gil — at Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday, according to presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung.
"The dinner was arranged to further strengthen cooperation on state affairs among the party, the government and the presidential office, on issues such as people's livelihood and the economy, as well as to promote party unity," she said.
The meeting is set to take place just two days after Monday's national convention, where Kim won 54.08 percent of the vote, compared with Jung's 45.92 percent.