Lee Arrives in France for Lumière Summit, Talks with Macron

President Lee Jae Myung has arrived in France for a four-day state visit. He landed at Nice Côte d’Azur Airport on Sunday afternoon local time. According to The Korea Times, Lee will attend the Lumiere Summit on the future of cinema in nearby Saint-Paul-de-Vence, where he will co-chair the event with French President Emmanuel Macron.

Lee will then travel to Paris for a two-day state visit, during which he will hold a one-on-one luncheon with Macron, followed by summit talks and a dinner banquet at the Elysee Palace, hosted by Macron and his wife Brigitte.

On Wednesday, Lee is scheduled to 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). KBS World Radio reports that Lee's visit was at Macron's invitation. The Korea Times notes the visit marks the 140th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries.

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