Prime Ministers Office 10 Downing Street
ThePrime Minister met the President of the Republic of Korea, Yoon Suk-Yeol, at the G7 Summit today.
In the 140th year of diplomatic relations, the leaders reflected on the deep and historic partnership between the UK and Republic of Korea.
The Prime Minister expressed admiration for Seouls global leadership, particularly on defence, security and technology.They discussed North Koreas deeply destabilising regional activity and agreed on the importance of the DPRK abiding by its international commitments.
The Prime Minister set out the UKs foreign policy focus on the Indo-Pacific, asdemonstrated through our accession to CPTPP, AUKUS agreement and ASEAN dialogue partner status.
The leadersagreed to work at pace towards a much deeper partnership between the UK and Republic of Korea, focused on defence, cyber, technology - including semiconducto