President Lee visits Japan and the US consecutively... ”Diplomacy in the national interest”

President Lee Jae-myung will visit Japan and the United States from the 23rd to the 27th, marking his first summit diplomacy since taking office two months ago.
The presidential office's plan for this visit is to establish a core for triangular cooperation between Japan, the United States, and South Korea, based on the US-South Korea alliance and Japan-South Korea cooperation, and to use this as a basis for stable management of relations with China and Russia.
Presidential National Security Advisor Wi Seong-rak made this announcement at a press conference on the 22nd, emphasizing that it was "the first step toward practical diplomacy centered on national interests."
President Lee's schedule began on the 23rd with a meeting with Koreans immediately after his arrival in Japan, and in the evening of the same day he held a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
On the 24th, he will meet with members of the Japan-Korea Parliamentary Friendship Association and listen to opinions from various sectors in Japan, before immediately heading to the United States.
Regarding the Japan-South Korea summit, the director said, "The new international trade order and unstable security environment make strategic communication between Japan and South Korea essential," and "If the two countries cooperate to solve common economic and social issues,
President Lee will arrive in Washington on the afternoon of the 24th (US time) and begin his official schedule with a dinner for fellow countrymen.
The two leaders will hold a summit at the House of Representatives with U.S. President Donald Trump. As with his meetings with other world leaders, President Trump will hold a brief question-and-answer session in front of reporters before the meeting.
The agenda will be broadly divided into three areas: △Stabilizing the economy and trade △Strengthening the security alliance △Developing new industrial cooperation, according to the director.
The stabilization of the economy and trade will be achieved by upgrading the tariff negotiations concluded at the end of last month to a summit-level agreement.
The strengthening of the security alliance is aimed at strengthening the joint defense of the United States and South Korea in response to security concerns that have been heightened by North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, military cooperation between Russia and North Korea, and the conflict between the United States and China.
The aim is to modernize the situation. The director explained, "We will move in the direction of enhancing the operational capabilities of allied assets without aggravating military tensions." The development of new industrial cooperation will focus on nuclear power, semiconductors, artificial intelligence, and other fields.
The plan is to expand cooperation in cutting-edge technology areas such as intelligence, shipbuilding, and defense R&D. On the morning of the 26th, President Lee will visit Arlington National Cemetery before moving to Philadelphia.
He is scheduled to visit the Seo Jae-pil Memorial Hall, his first visit since former President Kim Dae-jung 26 years ago. "This is a symbolic move that reaffirms the roots of the values of freedom and democracy," he said.
President Lee will then visit an oxygen production facility in the US that Hanwha has invested in with US government officials, and will highlight the results of US-Korea trade cooperation.
They will head home and arrive in Seoul at dawn on the 28th.