▲ President Yoon Suk Yeol (R) poses for a photo with U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) at the presidential office in Seoul on April 5, 2023, in this photo provided by the presidential office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

Yoon-US Congress address

Yoon 'pleased' to deliver 'historic address' at joint session of U.S. Congress

SEOUL, April 5 (Yonhap) -- President Yoon Suk Yeol said Wednesday he is "pleased" to be invited to address a joint session of the U.S. Congress during his state visit to Washington later this month as the two countries mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance.

Yoon is scheduled to hold a summit with U.S. President Joe Biden in Washington, D.C., on April 26.

The address will be delivered the next day, according to reports.

"I'm pleased to give a historic address at the podium of the U.S. Congress on the special occasion of the 70th anniversary of the South Korea-U.S. alliance," Yoon told a visiting U.S. House delegation after receiving the invitation from U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul (R-Texas), according to his spokesperson, Lee Do-woon.

Yoon will be the first South Korean president to give an address before Congress since President Park Geun-hye in May 2013.

In his meeting with the delegation, Yoon also requested Congress' support for and interest in strengthening the alliance and making his state visit a success.

In particular, he welcomed the fact that South Korean businesses will be eligible for subsidies under recently announced provisions of the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, and asked that the Congress members take a special interest in resolving future uncertainties for South Korean businesses investing in the United States.

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