President Lee Emphasizes Strengthening Korea-France Parliamentary Cooperation

President Lee Jaemyung, who is on a state visit to France, met with French National Assembly President Yaël BraunPivet locally on the 9th and said that interparliamentary cooperation should be strengthened to develop KoreaFrance relations. President Lee said there is great potential to expand cooperation between the two countries in various fields, including trade and investment, advanced technology, and social policy, and stated that the essence of democracy is reflecting the will of the people in politics. He also emphasized that the National Assembly plays an important role in this process. The French National Assembly side assessed that this meeting showed interest in the role of parliament as a representative body of democracy. The presidential office explained that this meeting served as an opportunity to expand bilateral cooperation to the parliamentary level.