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| France's President Emmanuel Macron, right, shakes hands with Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol ahead of a bi-lateral meeting on the sidelines of the NATO summit at the Ifema congress centre in Madrid, on June 29, 2022. AFP-Yonhap |
French President Emmanuel Macron has expressed hope for visiting Korea at an early date to hold talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol, Seoul's top envoy here said Sunday.
Ambassador Choi Jai-chul said he presented his credentials to Macron at the Elysee Palace on Friday (French time) and then had an hourlong conversation, joined by several other new foreign ambassadors.
Macron was quoted as saying he hopes to visit Korea at an early date to discuss ways for the development of Seoul-Paris ties.
Yoon invited Macron to Korea during their talks in June held on the sidelines of the 2022 Madrid summit of member and partner countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
There has been no visit by a French president to Korea for almost eight years. In November 2015, then President Francois Hollande made a state visit for a summit with then Korean President Park Geun-hye.
Macron visited Korea in November 2014 for a ministerial meeting while serving as minister of economics, industry and digital affairs under the Hollande administration.
Yoon appointed Choi as the ambassador to France last month. Choi previously served as ambassador to Morocco and Denmark as well as top envoy for climate change. (Yonhap)
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