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Lee, Medvedev to discuss upgrading bilateral relations
By Yoo Cheong-mo
MOSCOW, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was to hold summit talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin here on Monday to discuss upgrading bilateral relations from a comprehensive partnership to a strategic partnership and accelerating two-way cooperation in energy, resources and industrial technologies, Lee's aides said.
South Korea's relations with Russia will be on a par with its relations with
China if the strategic partnership is agreed upon at the Kremlin talks, said the
aides. A strategic partnership calls for expanding the scope and depth of
exchanges in politics, military, foreign affairs, security and other sensitive
fields.
Lee, accompanied by first lady Kim Yoon-ok and 14 official and special delegates,
arrived in Moscow on Sunday for a three-day official visit, becoming the first
South Korean president to travel to Russia in his inaugural year. Lee and
Medvedev already met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Japan in
July.
Following the summit, Lee and Medvedev will observe their Cabinet ministers sign
a total of 13 MOUs calling for strategic partnership in the fields of energy,
resources, investment, industrial technology and information technology,
according to the aides.
The proposed MOUs will cover joint exploration of petroleum, uranium and other
natural resources, construction of a Korea-only industrial complex near Moscow
and exchanges between science and technology institutions of both sides, they
said.
Lee will separately meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Russian
business leaders and journalists after the summit talks.
Lee is also expected to ask the Russian leaders to play a bigger role in
promoting peace in Northeast Asia, as well as in salvaging the shaky six-nation
talks on disabling North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Russia's stance on North Korea will draw strong interest, as the communist North
is now on the brink of restarting its nuclear weapons program shut down in July
last year under a landmark disarmament deal with South Korea, the U.S., China,
Russia and Japan.
ycm@yna.co.kr
MOSCOW, Sept. 29 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was to hold summit talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at the Kremlin here on Monday to discuss upgrading bilateral relations from a comprehensive partnership to a strategic partnership and accelerating two-way cooperation in energy, resources and industrial technologies, Lee's aides said.
South Korea's relations with Russia will be on a par with its relations with
China if the strategic partnership is agreed upon at the Kremlin talks, said the
aides. A strategic partnership calls for expanding the scope and depth of
exchanges in politics, military, foreign affairs, security and other sensitive
fields.
Lee, accompanied by first lady Kim Yoon-ok and 14 official and special delegates,
arrived in Moscow on Sunday for a three-day official visit, becoming the first
South Korean president to travel to Russia in his inaugural year. Lee and
Medvedev already met on the sidelines of the Group of Eight summit in Japan in
July.
Following the summit, Lee and Medvedev will observe their Cabinet ministers sign
a total of 13 MOUs calling for strategic partnership in the fields of energy,
resources, investment, industrial technology and information technology,
according to the aides.
The proposed MOUs will cover joint exploration of petroleum, uranium and other
natural resources, construction of a Korea-only industrial complex near Moscow
and exchanges between science and technology institutions of both sides, they
said.
Lee will separately meet with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and Russian
business leaders and journalists after the summit talks.
Lee is also expected to ask the Russian leaders to play a bigger role in
promoting peace in Northeast Asia, as well as in salvaging the shaky six-nation
talks on disabling North Korea's nuclear weapons program.
Russia's stance on North Korea will draw strong interest, as the communist North
is now on the brink of restarting its nuclear weapons program shut down in July
last year under a landmark disarmament deal with South Korea, the U.S., China,
Russia and Japan.
ycm@yna.co.kr
