South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni agreed on Monday to expand cooperation in sectors such as artificial intelligence, aerospace, chips and critical minerals, according to the Blue House.
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South Korea is a global leader in semiconductors and the countries signed a memorandum of understanding for chip industry cooperation, including those related to AI, Seoul's presidential Blue House said in a statement.
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Meloni and Lee also discussed collaboration in joint research projects and exchanges, tourism and culture cooperation, and reaffirmed their commitment to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Italy is one of South Korea's four largest trading partners in the European Union, the Blue House said.
Meloni, who is on an Asian tour also taking in Japan and Oman, is on the first state visit by an Italian leader to South Korea in 19 years, it said.
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