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Italian PM Meloni to visit South Korea for summit with President Lee
Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 9, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on January 9, 2026
1 min readLast updated: January 20, 2026
Italian PM Giorgia Meloni will visit South Korea for a summit with President Lee, focusing on trade, AI, and defense. This marks the first Italian state visit in 19 years.
SEOUL, Jan 9 (Reuters) - Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will visit South Korea between January 17 and 19 for a summit with President Lee Jae Myung, South Korea's Blue House said in a statement on Friday.
Her visit, at Lee's invitation, is the first state visit by an Italian leader to South Korea in 19 years, the presidential office said.
The leaders, who will hold their summit on January 19, plan to discuss areas of bilateral cooperation including trade, artificial intelligence and defence as well as broader international affairs, it said.
Italy is one of South Korea's four largest trading partners in the European Union, the office said.
(Reporting by Heejin KimEditing by Ed Davies)
Artificial intelligence (AI) is the simulation of human intelligence processes by machines, especially computer systems, enabling them to perform tasks that typically require human intelligence.
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