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South Korea Confirms Macron State Visit for April 2-3

The trip spotlights a push for new cooperation agreements across advanced technology, trade, education, culture, plus broader exchanges.

South Korea's President Lee Jae Myung delivers his speech during an event marking Korea's 107th anniversary of the March 1st Independence Movement in Seoul, South Korea, March 1, 2026. Yonhap via REUTERS
In this file photo, President Lee Jae Myung (R) and French President Emmanuel Macron hold talks on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Nov. 22, 2025. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • President Lee Jae Myung will host French President Emmanuel Macron for a state visit in Seoul on April 2-3, with summit talks set for April 3.
  • Both sides plan to sign memorandums of understanding covering trade, investment, artificial intelligence, quantum technology, space, nuclear energy, science and technology, education, culture, and people-to-people exchanges.
  • This will be Macron’s first visit to South Korea since taking office in 2017 and the first by a French president in 11 years, according to the announcement.
  • The visit coincides with the 140th anniversary of bilateral relations established by the 1886 Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation.
  • It will be the leaders’ third in-person meeting after encounters at the G7 summit in Canada and the G20 summit in South Africa, and follows Macron’s planned stop in Japan from March 31 to April 2.