▲ President Lee Jae Myung (R) and his wife, Kim Hea Kyung, bow before boarding the presidential plane bound for France at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, south of Seoul, on Sept. 6, 2026. (Yonhap)
▲ President Lee Jae Myung (L) shakes hands with French President Emmanuel Macron at Cheong Wa Dae on April 3, 2026, in this file photo provided by the presidential office. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE) (Yonhap)

By Park Boram

NICE, France, Sept. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung arrived in Nice, France, on Sunday on a four-day visit that will later take him to Paris for a bilateral summit with French President Emmanuel Macron.

On Monday, Lee is set to attend the Lumiere Summit on the future of cinema in nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence, where he and Macron will co-chair the event.

Lee will head to Paris later Monday to make a two-day state visit from Tuesday.

Marking the start of his state visit to France, the South Korean president will attend a one-on-one luncheon to be hosted by Macron, followed by their summit talks and a dinner banquet hosted by the French president and his wife, Brigitte Macron, at the Elysee Palace.

On Wednesday, Lee will meet Yael Braun-Pivet, speaker of the lower house of the French parliament, and Mathias Cormann, secretary-general of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), before heading home.

Lee's trip to France comes at the invitation of Macron following the French leader's visit to South Korea in April. The leaders' exchange of visits comes as the two countries mark the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.

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