Viacheslav Volodin held a meeting with President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in

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Vyacheslav Victorovich The Chairman of the State Duma of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation of the eighth convocation. Elected in single mandate constituency № 163 (Saratov constituency - Saratov Oblast) noted that that there are good relations between the parliamentarians of both countries, which are ”filled with concrete content“. ”The main task for us is to ensure that the agreements, reached at the highest level between the President of our country Vladimir Putin and you, are legislatively secured,“ Viacheslav Volodin said. He also added that in a short period of time since the election of Moon Jae-in as a president, ”many things have changed in building relations between our countries, the parliamentary dimension has become more effective.“

The President of the Republic of Korea thanked the Chairman of the State Duma for the opportunity to give a speech at the State Duma, so he is able ”to share with the Russian people his vision of further development of Russian-Korean relations.“ ”Russia feature prominently in the foreign policy of the Republic of Korea,“ he said. ”Russian-Korean relations have been developing very dynamically recently,“ the President of the Republic of Korea said. He mentioned that the trade between the two countries totaled $19 billion last year, that is 40% more than in 2016.

Moon Jae-in congratulated Russia on the successful opening of the 2018 FIFA World Cup and victories of the Russian team in two first matches. He said that he planned to visit the match of the Republic of Korea and Mexico, which would be held in Rostov-on-Don on Saturday 23 June. ”I hope that our teams will compete in the Cup's final game,“ Moon Jae-in said.
On 21 June President of the Republic of Korea Moon Jae-in for the first time made a speech at the plenary session of the State Duma. The speech of Moon Jae-in was aired live on the Korean television.

Russian members of the State Duma regularly meet with South Korean counterparts. In June 2017, a delegation of the State Duma headed by Chairman Viacheslav Volodin visited Korea to attend the second meeting of the heads of parliaments of the Eurasian countries in Seoul. Viacheslav Volodin met there with Moon Jae-in shortly after his election. In October, the Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea Jeon Se-guen made a return visit to Russia. The delegation of the Republic of Korea also took part in the International Forum “Development of Parliamentarism”, which was held in Moscow on 4–5 June 2018.

Earlier, President of the Republic of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko, President of the People's Republic of China Jiang Zemin, President of the United States of America Bill Clinton, Federal President of the Republic of Austria Heinz Fischer, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev and others presented their speeches in the State Duma.