President Yoon invites Secretary of State Blinken to the official residence... 'Now is the time for US leadership' - South Korea

On the 9th, South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol said at a luncheon with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who was visiting South Korea, ``As an ally of the United States, South Korea will uphold its core values and promote rules-based international order.
We will continue to work closely with the United States to strengthen the framework." On this day, President Yun invited Secretary of State Blinken to the Prime Minister's Office for a luncheon and said, ``North Korea and the North Korean nuclear issue, as well as the Ukraine war, the Middle East
Kim Eun-hye, the chief public relations secretary in the South Korean presidential office, said in a press conference that the current situation has made U.S. leadership even more important due to the unstable situation.
did. President Yoon then congratulated Secretary Blinken, saying, ``Over the past year and a half, the Global Comprehensive Strategic Alliance between South Korea and the United States has been firmly built, and Secretary Blinken has played a major role in that process.''
I welcomed you. Secretary Blinken said, ``The main focus of U.S. foreign policy is the Indo-Pacific region,'' and ``we will continue to further strengthen our alliance and strategic partnership with South Korea, which is the core of the region.''
I think so,” he said. ``I would like to express my respect for President Yoon's leadership, which has led to new developments in Japan-South Korea relations and Japan-U.S.-South Korea relations.''
The luncheon included Foreign Minister Park Jin, National Security Office Director Cho Tae Yeon, and Kim Tae Hee.
Kim Tae-hyo, First Deputy Director of the National Security Office, Kim Eun-hye, Chief Public Affairs Secretary, Lee Chung-myeon, Foreign Secretary, and Philip Goldberg, the US Ambassador to South Korea;
Also present were Niel Krietenbrink, Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and the Pacific Affairs.