President Lee Jae Myung and Indian President Droupadi Murmu raise a toast during a state banquet at India's presidential palace in New Delhi, Monday. The banquet followed Lee’s summit with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi earlier in the day. Yonhap
NEW DELHI – President Lee Jae Myung and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi strongly shared the view that Korea and India are “optimal partners in achieving their respective national visions,” National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac said Monday.
Wi referred to Korea’s “Great National Leap Forward” and India’s “Developed India 2047” as he outlined the outcomes of the summit between the two leaders held earlier in the day in New Delhi.
The meeting took place during Lee’s three-day visit from Sunday to Tuesday, part of a broader two-leg trip running through Friday that will also take him to Vietnam.
In a written press briefing, Wi said Lee invited Modi to visit Korea “at an appropriate time in the future,” to which Modi responded positively.
“Throughout the visit, the two leaders displayed a notably warm personal rapport, like old friends reunited,” he said.
Wi summarized key agreements reached during the summit, including memoranda of understanding covering finance, culture, people-to-people exchanges, science and technology, climate and environment, and defense.
“Both leaders also agreed on the importance of advancing cooperation across a wide range of areas based on shared democratic values,” Wi said, adding that democracy “fosters the full realization of individual capabilities” and that cooperation between two leading democracies in Asia can generate significant synergy.
Meanwhile, Lee will head to Vietnam, Tuesday.
Source: Korea Times News
