Pres. Moon to embark on two-nation trip to Singapore and Papua New Guinea from 13th to 18th

문 대통령, ASEAN•APEC 정상회의 참석차 13일 출국

South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be attending series of summit meetings with Asian nations in Singpore and Papua New Guinea next week.
He leaves next Tuesday for those meetings, which will bring together more than a dozen countries.
Shin Se-min reports.
President Moon Jae-in is flying out to Singapore and Papua New Guinea next Tuesday,… for a six-day trip to take part in a series of regional summits with the member nations of ASEAN.
The president will be in Singapore from the 13th through the 16th for a set of ASEAN-related meetings including the Korea-ASEAN summit, the ASEAN Plus Three Summit and the East Asia Summit.
There, the president plans to start a conversation on expanding substantial cooperation with countries in the region and to use the East Asia Summit to cement support from member nations for his peace drive with Pyeongyang.
And while in Singapore President Moon will also be attending regional free trade talks,... dubbed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership, or RCEP.
Those include 10 ASEAN nations... plus South Korea, China, Japan, India, Australia and New Zealand.
From 17th 'til the 18th, the president will be in Papua New Guinea, where at the APEC Summit he'll be sharing his vision for an innovative and inclusive nation.
The theme will be "Harnessing inclusive opportunities, embracing the digital future."
He's going to propose setting up a fund to boost the region's digital capabilities.
The underlying objective of the trip, though -- bringing the international community on board the Moon administration's goal of ultimate peace.
"The visits next week will be used to improve the international community's understanding of and support for our government's efforts to realize complete denuclearization and to establish lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula."
While abroad,… President Moon will be holding sideline summits with U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Russian President Vladimir Putin as well as with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison.
The presidential office however did not confirm a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping, but did say a meet-up is under discussion.
Shin Se-min, Arirang News.

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