President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in. (Photo: AFP/VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – President of theRepublic of Korea Moon Jae-in is set to arrive in Indonesia on November 8, beginninghis tour to three Southeast Asian nations for bilateral summits and regionalforums, according to Yonhap News Agency.
The president is due in Jakarta later in theday for a three-day official visit. It will mark his first visit to a foreign countrysince taking office in May.
Moon and his Indonesian counterpart JokoWidodo are scheduled to hold a bilateral summit the following day to discuss boostingthe two countries’ economic and trade relations, as well as their defencecooperation, with Indonesia currently the largest importer of RoK arms in Asia.
Before the summit, Moon plans to attend ajoint business forum where he is expected to announce his New South Policy thatseeks to improve diplomatic and economic ties between his country and SoutheastAsia.
President Moon will then arrive in centralDa Nang city of Vietnam on November 10 for the annual Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders’ Week. He plans to meet with his Chinesecounterpart Xi Jinping for the second time on the sidelines of the APECmeeting.
He will head to Manila, the Philippines on the final leg of his trip where hewill join other 15 global leaders in the East Asia Summit.
Thepresident will later attend another regional forum hosted by ASEAN, the ASEANPlus Three summit, involving all ten ASEAN member states and the leaders of theRoK, China and Japan.-VNA
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