By Bahk Eun-ji
President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Seoul early next month, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.
The two leaders will hold talks before they head to Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which brings together leaders from 21 member economies.
Moon and Trump are expected to discuss issues including North Korea and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, reports said.
Moon will visit Jakarta in Indonesia on Nov. 8 and Da Nang on Nov. 10 for the annual APEC summit. He will be in the Philippines on Nov. 12 for the East Asia Summit and annual regional forum. The forum is known as the ASEAN Plus Three summit, which will involve leaders from the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The White House said earlier Trump will be in the region from Nov. 3 to 14 on a trip that will also take him to China and Japan. The exact schedule for Trump's visit to Korea has not been set up, a Cheong Wa Dae official said.
It will be Moon's first trip to the Southeast Asian region since becoming president in May. He has repeatedly stressed the need to enhance his country's diplomatic ties with countries in the region, partly to put an end to the North Korean nuclear issue.
"President Moon reaffirmed that his country will develop its relations with Indonesia and other ASEAN member countries to the level of relations with the four world powers," Moon's top press secretary, Yoon Young-chan, was quoted as saying by Yonhap, referring to the U.S., Japan, China and Russia.
President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump will meet in Seoul early next month, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday.
The two leaders will hold talks before they head to Vietnam for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, which brings together leaders from 21 member economies.
Moon and Trump are expected to discuss issues including North Korea and the Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement, reports said.
Moon will visit Jakarta in Indonesia on Nov. 8 and Da Nang on Nov. 10 for the annual APEC summit. He will be in the Philippines on Nov. 12 for the East Asia Summit and annual regional forum. The forum is known as the ASEAN Plus Three summit, which will involve leaders from the 10 member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN).
The White House said earlier Trump will be in the region from Nov. 3 to 14 on a trip that will also take him to China and Japan. The exact schedule for Trump's visit to Korea has not been set up, a Cheong Wa Dae official said.
It will be Moon's first trip to the Southeast Asian region since becoming president in May. He has repeatedly stressed the need to enhance his country's diplomatic ties with countries in the region, partly to put an end to the North Korean nuclear issue.
"President Moon reaffirmed that his country will develop its relations with Indonesia and other ASEAN member countries to the level of relations with the four world powers," Moon's top press secretary, Yoon Young-chan, was quoted as saying by Yonhap, referring to the U.S., Japan, China and Russia.
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