German Chancellor Visits South Korea After 13 Years... From Solo and Expanded Meetings to Dinner
President Yoon Suk-yeol returned home on the 21st after completing the schedule of the Group of Seven (G7) summit. President Yoon will then hold a Korea-Germany summit with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the Yongsan Presidential Office.
President Yoon and First Lady Kim Keon-hee arrived at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, at around 6:20 p.m. and disembarked from Air Force One. At the airport, they were greeted by Han Chang-seop, Vice Minister of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety; Kim Ki-hyun, leader of the People Power Party; Yoon Jae-ok, floor leader of the People Power Party; Kim Dae-gi, Chief Presidential Secretary; Jang Ho-jin, First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs; and Lee Jin-bok, Senior Secretary for Political Affairs.
President Yoon Suk-yeol and First Lady Kim Keon-hee, having completed the schedule of the G7 Summit held in Hiroshima, Japan, are returning to Seoul Air Base in Seongnam on the 21st, disembarking from Air Force One. [Photo by Yonhap News]
President Yoon will move to the Yongsan Presidential Office to hold the Korea-Germany summit. Chancellor Scholz, like President Yoon, traveled to Korea after completing the G7 summit schedule in Japan.
After arriving in Korea, Chancellor Scholz will first visit the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). Afterwards, he will have a one-on-one and expanded meeting with President Yoon, followed by a dinner with their spouses. This is the first time in 13 years that a German chancellor has visited Korea since former Chancellor Angela Merkel came for the G20 summit in 2010.
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