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| ▲ South Korean President Lee Jae Myung (R) shakes hands with Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni before their talks at the U.N. headquarters in New York, in this file photo from Sept. 24, 2025, on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly. (Pool photo) (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap) |
Lee-Italy-summit
Lee, Italian PM Meloni to hold summit talks Jan. 19
By Yi Wonju
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will hold summit talks on Jan. 19, as the two nations seek to promote cooperation in trade, investment, artificial intelligence and other cutting-edge technologies, Cheong Wa Dae said Friday.
Meloni will pay a three-day visit to South Korea beginning Jan. 17, the first time in 19 years that an Italian leader is visiting Seoul for bilateral summit talks.
Lee and Meloni are scheduled to hold their summit and an official luncheon meeting Jan. 19.
The two leaders are expected to discuss ways to bolster cooperation in areas of trade and investment, artificial intelligence, defense and semiconductors, among others.
Italy is South Korea's fourth-largest trading partner in the European Union and is visited by roughly 1 million South Koreans annually, according to Cheong Wa Dae.
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