President Lee Jae Myung, right, and first lady Kim Hea Kyung depart for Turkey to attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit from Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, Tuesday, for a two-nation trip that includes a visit to Mongolia. Yonhap
President Lee Jae Myung departed Tuesday for Turkey, the first leg of his two-nation trip where he will attend the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit before heading to Mongolia.
The presidential aircraft carrying Lee took off from Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, en route to Ankara, where the leaders of the NATO's 32 member countries, including U.S. President Donald Trump, will gather for the summit from Tuesday to Wednesday.
Lee will attend the NATO summit at the invitation of the alliance's Secretary General Mark Rutte. He will also hold a meeting with the NATO chief shortly after arriving in Ankara.
Lee will subsequently hold a meeting with representatives of Japan, Australia and New Zealand -- the three countries that, together with Korea, make up NATO's Indo-Pacific Four (IP4), according to the presidential office.
