8 June 2022 | KOREA CHAIR EXPLAINS
Ramon Pacheco Pardo
President Yoon Suk-yeol’s Special Envoy to the EU Kim Gi-hyeon is leading a seven member delegation to Europe from June 5th-11th. The delegation plans to visit Brussels and Strasbourg for meetings with leaders of the different EU institutions and NATO, as well as Paris for meetings with the Emmanuel Macron government and since France currently holds the rotating presidency of the EU. The visit to France is also part of South Korea’s efforts to secure the 2030 Expo for Busan, since the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) that will decide the host is based in Paris. Special Envoy Kim is a four-term National Assembly member from the ruling People’s Power Party (PPP) and former mayor of Ulsan. His delegation includes four other PPP National Assembly members, as well as two renowned professors. Read more…