On the morning of the 23rd, President Lee Jae-myung departed through Seoul Airport for consecutive summits with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and U.S. President Donald Trump. First Lady Kim Hye-kyung is also accompanying him on this trip.
On the morning of his visit, President Lee arrives in Tokyo and begins his official schedule with a luncheon meeting with the Korean residents in Japan. He will meet with Prime Minister Ishiba to discuss ways to develop bilateral relations. A friendly dinner is also planned.
On the morning of the 24th, he will meet with political figures from the Japanese side belonging to the Japan-Korea Parliamentarians' Union to hear their opinions before departing for the U.S., arriving in Washington, D.C., later that afternoon local time.
The Korea-U.S. summit will be held on the morning of the 25th. It is expected that there will be broad discussions on security issues, including the detailed negotiations of the tariff agreement finalized at the end of last month and the flexibility of U.S. forces in Korea.
Afterward, President Lee will attend a 'business round table' event with business figures from both Korea and the U.S., as well as deliver a speech invited by the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS). On the last day, the 26th, he will move to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, to visit the shipyards acquired by Hanwha Ocean.
President Lee will arrive at Seoul Airport in the early morning of the 28th.