[강지영 아나운서]
It is already the last day of May. Now, the local elections are held tomorrow (the 1st). Tomorrow we will be together. Lee Sung-dae starts cutting the news.
[이성대 기자]
Let’s look at the prepared ingredients.
[이준석/국민의힘 대표 (어제) : 해당 국가에서 초청이 들어왔습니다. 정당에서. 당연히 해당 국가와 우리도 지금 우크라이나가 전쟁 상황이기 때문에 외교 당국과의 협의를 통해가지고 저희가 판단한 것입니다. (강용석 후보가 오늘 출국금지 요청한 거…) 그런 것까지 대응할 필요가 있나 싶고…예 뭐…)
[강지영 아나운서]
The People’s Power representative Lee Jun-seok said he would visit Ukraine soon. It was right before the local elections, so I haven’t really received much attention yet. Reporter Lee Seong-dae brought it.
[이성대 기자]
Yes, I made a presentation yesterday morning. Since the specific schedule is currently being discussed, the People’s Power said that they will visit as soon as possible. Now, this kind of thing where the ruling party leader visits a country at war to show support is a rare occurrence in Korean diplomacy or Korean political history. I personally don’t remember. I don’t think it’s the first time. As a result of that yesterday, there were several reports, but there were some that stood out. This report came out last night. It’s a single article. He said, “I’m going to Ukraine with a letter from President Yoon right after the Lee Jun-seok election.” On the 13th, I met President Yoon at the Yongsan Oval Office and told him this, he said that he would give the president a personal letter while saying that he would actively support him. If you look at the article, it says something like this: Now, they said, “CEO Lee will deliver President Yoon’s personal letter to the President of Ukraine and discuss ways to support the Korean government.”
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