President Yoon meets with San Marino leaders to expand tourism and economic cooperation

On the afternoon of the 18th (local time), South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol, who visited New York to attend the high-level meeting of the 78th United Nations General Assembly, spoke with Alessandro Alessandro of the Republic of San Marino.
He met with Consuls Doro Scarano and Adele Tonnini. This is the first summit meeting between the two countries since they established diplomatic relations in 2000. San Marino has two consuls elected by the parliament every six months.
A joint governance system is adopted. During the meeting, Mr. Yoon asked for support for Busan hosting the 2030 World Expo and exchanged opinions on the development of bilateral relations.
Yun said, ``I am glad to be able to hold bilateral talks with San Marino, which shares core values such as democracy and human rights, and cooperates closely on the international stage.'' Along with that
"I hope that a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for tourism cooperation will be concluded soon with San Marino, which has a beautiful and clean natural environment, and that exchanges in the tourism field will be activated," he added.
Mr. Scarano and Mr. Tonnini said, ``We appreciate the steady increase in economic cooperation between the two countries, and we look forward to further economic cooperation between the two countries, such as double taxation agreements and investment guarantee agreements.''
I hope that the necessary legal framework will be put in place." The two leaders welcomed the recent signing of a friendship and exchange agreement between San Marino and Pyeongchang County, saying,
We hope to promote further exchanges in this field." Yun said, ``If the potential of K-culture and San Marino's cultural industries come together, cooperation between the two countries will become possible in the fields of culture and creative industries.''
He expressed his expectations and proposed close exchanges regarding cooperation proposals in related fields. The two countries agreed to use this meeting as an opportunity to further activate exchanges.