President Lee Jae Myung will travel to India and Vietnam in a bid to deepen ties, strengthen economic partnerships and shore up coordination on energy and supply chains amid growing turmoil in the Middle East, according to Cheong Wa Dae on Thursday.
Lee heads to New Delhi from April 19 to 21 at the invitation of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Lee’s visit marks the first state visit by a South Korean president to India in eight years and the earliest state visit to India since the launch of a South Korean administration.
Lee will then travel to Hanoi from April 21 to 24 for a state visit hosted by Vietnam’s new leadership, in a reciprocal move following then-Communist Party General Secretary To Lam’s trip to South Korea in August last year. Lam was elected the country’s state president in April, concurrently serving as the party’s general-secretary.
The India leg of the trip will be anchored by a full day of summit diplomacy on April 20 — including engagements such as an official welcoming ceremony, one-on-one and expanded talks, signing of memorandums of understanding, a joint press conference and a luncheon hosted by Modi.
