President Lee to Meet Big Tech CEOs Including Jensen Huang and Sam Altman During U.S. Visit

President Lee Jae-myung will embark on a tour starting the day after tomorrow, the 24th, visiting San Francisco in the United States, three South American countries including Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, and subsequently Germany until August 3.

Wi Sung-lac, Director of the National Security Office, and Kim Yong-beom, Chief of Policy, held a briefing to outline this summit diplomacy schedule.

First, President Lee will meet with global AI leaders and Silicon Valley venture investors in San Francisco from July 24 to 25.

In particular, Chief Kim stated that President Lee plans to sequentially meet with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, and Broadcom CEO Hock Tan.

Chief Kim explained, "Through meetings with CEOs of global Big Tech companies, we will emphasize South Korea's strong commitment to AI investment and global cooperation, and draw substantive outcomes such as investment cooperation from key companies."

President Lee will then attend the San Francisco AI Summit.

In addition to the Big Tech CEOs who met with President Lee, Samsung Electronics Chairman Lee Jae-yong, SK Group Chairman Chey Tae-won, Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chair Euisun Chung, and Naver Global Investment Officer (GIO) Lee Hae-jin are scheduled to attend to exchange views on the vision for the "Three Major Mega Projects."

During the event, memorandums of understanding (MOUs) are expected to be signed between domestic and Big Tech companies, and President Lee will also announce the "San Francisco AI Declaration," outlining his vision for global cooperation and a commitment to leaping forward as an "indispensable South Korea" in the global AI ecosystem.

After completing his schedule in the United States, President Lee will make a state visit to Brazil from July 26 to 29 at the invitation of Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, where he will hold a summit with President Lula.

In addition, he will pay an official visit to Chile for two days starting from the 29th and hold a summit with Chilean President José Antonio Kast, who took office this year.

From July 30 to August 1, he will visit Argentina to hold a summit with President Javier Milei.

Director Wi explained, "This visit is expected to expand trade and investment and open up markets with Brazil, Chile, and Argentina, which are key economic powerhouses in South America," adding, "It is significant in expanding South Korea's diplomatic horizons to the Global South."

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