▲ President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) and first lady Kim Keon Hee board the presidential plane at Seoul Air Base, just south of the capital, on July 10, 2023, to depart for Lithuania. (Yonhap)

Yoon-return home

Yoon returns home from trip to Lithuania, Poland, Ukraine

By Lee Haye-ah

SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol returned home Monday from a weeklong trip to Europe that included visits to Lithuania and Poland and an unannounced stop in Ukraine.

In Vilnius, Yoon attended a summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization to underscore his commitment to deepening cooperation with the military alliance through a new tailored partnership program and South Korea's participation in a military information sharing system with NATO member states.

From Lithuania, Yoon made a three-day official visit to Poland for talks with President Andrzej Duda on deepening the bilateral strategic partnership and cooperating for the post-war reconstruction of Ukraine.

Extending his stay for two days, Yoon then made an announced visit to Ukraine and met with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a strong show of support for Kyiv in its war against Russian aggression.

Yoon announced a package of additional assistance for Ukraine, including military supplies and humanitarian aid.

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