Lee returns from Europe with Trump rapport, trade and defense deals in focus

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• ·President Lee Jae Myung returned home Thursday from his first European tour since taking office, during which he renewed momentum in diplomacy with the United States, managed trade pressure from Europe, and supported Korean defense firms pursuing a major Canadian submarine contract.
• ·Lee arrived in Seoul from Geneva, Switzerland, after attending the Group of Seven summit in Evian-les-Bains, France.
• ·The trip — which also took him to Belgium, Italy and the Vatican — was part of the Lee administration’s push to broaden South Korea’s diplomacy with Europe under its stated goal of pragmatic diplomacy centered on national interest.
• ·The most closely watched moment came at the G7 summit, where Lee held a roughly 90-minute conversation with US President Donald Trump over dinner.
• ·Lee said that he and Trump discussed peace on the Korean Peninsula and bilateral relations in depth, later describing the exchange as having produced “significant progress.” Lee also asked Trump to take the lead in seeking a peaceful resolution of tensions with North Korea, according to Lee’s office.