South Korean President Moon Jae-in will make a 3-nation European journey next week for a G20 summit in Italy, the COP26 climate summit in the UK, as well as a state visit to Hungary, his office said on Friday.  On the first part of the trip, Moon will meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican on October 29 to talk over peace on the Korean Peninsula and endeavours to end the pandemic, presidential spokesperson Park Kyung-mee said.

Moon and Pope Francis are hopefully to exchange their insight to promote peace on the Korean Peninsula and resolve pending global issues, such as pandemic, poverty and climate change, as per reports. Moon plans to discuss with other world leaders tackling the climate crisis, the Covid-19 pandemic and how to foster global economic recovery during the G20 summit set for October 30 and 31. After Italy, He will visit Glasgow, Scotland to attend the COP26 on November 1 and 2. He will also hold bilateral meetings with Hungarian President Janos Ader and Prime Minister Viktor Orban on November 3.

In Budapest on November 4, Moon will hold a summit with the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in the second summit between South Korea and the so-called Visegrad Group.

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