Lee Jae-myung, the winner of South Korea’s June 3 election, made his first overseas trip this week to attend the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Alberta, Canada.
South Korea is not one of the G7 nations, which include Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Lee was invited to attend by the host of the summit, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney was among the G7 leaders who held bilateral meetings with the new South Korean president during his visit.
Lee had hoped to meet with President Donald Trump in Alberta, but Trump left the summit early to return to Washington due to the conflict between Israel and Iran. Lee’s office said on Wednesday he still hopes
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