President Yoon Suk Yeol and first girl Kim Keon Hee every stand subsequent to their counterparts, Czech President Petr Pavel and his spouse Eva Pavlová, throughout an official welcome ceremony held on the first courtyard of Prague Fortress within the Czech Republic, Thursday, native time. Yonhap
By Anna J. Park
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — President Yoon Suk Yeol and first girl Kim Keon Hee, who’re on their two-day state go to to the Czech Republic, attended an official welcome ceremony hosted by their Czech counterparts, President Petr Pavel and his spouse, at Prague Fortress on Thursday afternoon.
An official from the Korean presidential workplace famous that overseas company aren’t sometimes permitted at Prague Fortress because of the ongoing St. Wenceslas Crown exhibition. Nevertheless, the Czech authorities made an exception for President Yoon’s go to.
Prague Fortress, boasting an architectural historical past of over 1,100 years, has served as the middle of authority for the Kingdom of Bohemia because the late ninth century and later because the capital of the Holy Roman Empire within the 14th century. It’s the largest historical citadel on the earth and a UNESCO World Heritage Web site, that includes a mixture of Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectural kinds.
President Yoon Suk Yeol presents a flower bouquet to the Czech first girl Eva Pavlová at Prague Fortress, Thursday, native time. Yonhap
Because the car carrying President Yoon and his spouse arrived at Prague Fortress, Czech President Pavel and his spouse warmly welcomed them on the historic venue.
Through the welcoming ceremony, President Yoon introduced a flower bouquet to the Czech first girl Eva Pavlová, whereas President Pavel supplied a bouquet to Kim.f
Following this, the respect guard performed the nationwide anthems of each South Korea and the Czech Republic, after which the 2 leaders inspected the respect guard.
President Yoon Suk Yeol walks alongside Czech President Petr Pavel to examine the respect guard through the official welcome ceremony held within the first courtyard of Prague Fortress. Yonhap
Attending the official welcome ceremony from the South Korean facet had been Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Financial system and Finance Choi Sang-mok, International Minister Cho Tae-yul, Minister of Commerce, Business and Power Ahn Duk-geun, Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport Park Sang-woo, amongst different key presidential aides.
From the Czech facet, attendees included Minister of Finance Zbyn?ok Stanjura, International Minister Jan Lipavský, Minister of Business and Commerce Jozef Sikela, Minister of Transport Martin Kupka, Minister of Science, Analysis and Innovation Marek Zenisek and others.
After the official welcome ceremony, the 2 presidents signed the guestbook on the presidential palace, adopted by a bilateral summit after which an expanded assembly that began at roughly 6:40 p.m., Thursday night.
President Yoon Suk Yeol writes a memo within the guestbook on the presidential palace positioned in Prague Fortress, Thursday, with Czech President Petr Pavel and his spouse, and first girl Kim Keon Hee observing. Yonhap
This assembly marks the third encounter between the 2 leaders, following the UN Basic Meeting in September final yr and the NATO summit in July this yr.
Whereas the summit was happening, first girl Kim carried out official actions together with her Czech counterpart Eva Pavlová, visiting St. George’s Basilica in Prague Fortress.
President Yoon and first girl Kim concluded their first day in Prague by attending an official dinner hosted by President Pavel, that includes outstanding figures from the political and company spheres of each nations.
President Yoon’s go to is critical because it marks the primary state go to by a South Korean president to the European nation in 9 years, following former President Park Geun-hye’s go to in December 2015.
