Foreign Minister Cho to attend Munich security conference this week
Published: 10 Feb. 2025, 16:06
![Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul holds his first phone call with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Jan. 23. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]](https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/data/photo/2025/02/10/b6c46c9c-683b-41c8-a2a7-e0ff799899ac.jpg)
Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul holds his first phone call with newly appointed U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Jan. 23. [MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS]
Cho will participate in the 61st Munich Security Conference, set for Friday through Sunday, during which he is "expected to discuss the Russia-North Korea military cooperation and the security links between the Indo-Pacific and Europe, including the ongoing war in Ukraine," a Foreign Ministry official said.
It will mark Cho's first overseas trip since the political turmoil in South Korea triggered by now-impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law attempt in December last year.
Cho has been seeking to use the occasion in Munich to hold what will be his first meeting with Rubio, if the U.S. top diplomat joins the sessions, and also meet with his counterparts from Japan and China on the sidelines.
Cho had planned to visit Washington for talks with Rubio before heading to Germany, but the plan reportedly changed due to Rubio's other diplomatic commitments, according to diplomatic sources.
Japanese news media have reported that the top diplomats of South Korea, the United States and Japan are in talks to arrange a trilateral meeting on the margins of the conference.
Following the trip to Germany, Cho is widely expected to fly to Johannesburg to attend the foreign ministers' meeting of the Group of 20 nations, slated for Feb. 20 to 21.
Yonhap
with the Korea JoongAng Daily
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