Moon may meet with Bush
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President Moon Jae-in, left, and former U.S. President George W. Bush. Korea Times file
By Jung Da-min
President Moon Jae-in may meet with former U.S. President George W. Bush, who is planning to attend a ceremony marking the 10th anniversary of the death of former President Roh Moo-hyun on May 23. Bush will arrive in Seoul on May 21.
An official at the presidential office told reporters in Seoul that Cheong Wa Dae is reviewing every possibility for a meeting between Moon and Bush.
Bush was in talks with the Roh Moo-hyun Foundation to attend the annual ceremony marking the late president's death at Bongha Village in Gimhae, South Gyeongsang Province, the foundation said.
Bush served two terms as U.S. president from 2001 to 2009 and had been Roh's counterpart for five years from 2003 to 2008.
Moon served as the late president's chief of staff. Moon in 2017 attended the ceremony marking the 8th anniversary of Roh's death and said he would not be attending the ceremonies for his remaining term as president.