Lee heads to NATO summit as Seoul puts defense exports at center of diplomacy



Briefings Lee heads to NATO summit as Seoul puts defense exports at center of diplomacy Blue House frames Ankara trip around defense exports, industrial cooperation and NATO supply chains as Europe rearms KOREA PROJuly 6, 2026 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON ROK President Lee Jae Myung poses for a picture in a K9 self-propelled howitzer during a visit to the ROK Marine Corps’ Yeonpyeong Unit Artillery Battalion, June 24, 2026 \| Image: Blue House President Lee Jae Myung will attend the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8, where he will promote South Korea’s defense industry, expand cooperation with NATO partner countries and hold bilateral meetings focused on practical areas of cooperation, National Security Advisor Wi Sung-lac said Friday. Lee is scheduled to meet NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, participate in a meeting with representatives of NATO’s Indo-Pacific partners, deliver a keynote address at the NATO Defense Industry Forum and attend the official summit dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. Wi said the summit would provide an opportunity to strengthen South Korea’s © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01Lee Jae Myung’s ‘pacemaker’ strategy tests South Korea’s leverage with Trump 02Trump’s Korea investment victory lap masks safeguards Seoul still controls 03North Korean POW dispute tests Seoul-Kyiv trust and future Ukraine policy 04South Korea’s CPTPP push exposes the cost of turning trade gains into consensus 05AI storage boom gives South Korea battery makers an EV overcapacity lifeline 06South Korea’s Mexico strategy runs into the hard limits of USMCA politics 07Preschool test ban forces South Korea’s English hagwons to rethink placement 08Lee Jae Myung’s Wall Street pitch tests South Korea’s capital market credibility

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Lee heads to NATO summit as Seoul puts defense exports at center of diplomacy

Blue House frames Ankara trip around defense exports, industrial cooperation and NATO supply chains as Europe rearms

KOREA PROJuly 6, 2026

Lee heads to NATO summit as Seoul puts defense exports at center of diplomacy

ROK President Lee Jae Myung poses for a picture in a K9 self-propelled howitzer during a visit to the ROK Marine Corps’ Yeonpyeong Unit Artillery Battalion, June 24, 2026 | Image: Blue House

President Lee Jae Myung will attend the NATO summit in Ankara on July 7-8, where he will promote South Korea’s defense industry, expand cooperation with NATO partner countries and hold bilateral meetings focused on practical areas of cooperation, National Security Advisor Wi Sung-lac said Friday. Lee is scheduled to meet NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, participate in a meeting with representatives of NATO’s Indo-Pacific partners, deliver a keynote address at the NATO Defense Industry Forum and attend the official summit dinner hosted by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Wi said the summit would provide an opportunity to strengthen South Korea’s

Lee heads to NATO summit as Seoul puts defense exports at center of diplomacy

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