S. Korea seeks Lee-Obama summit at G20

SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korea is seeking a summit meeting between President Lee Myung-bak and U.S. President Barack Obama at the G20 economic gathering in London, a senior official said Wednesday.

The official, who did not want to be identified, told Yonhap News Agency that
Seoul has directly and indirectly stated its desire for a summit on the sidelines
of the gathering slated for early April.
"The G20 summit meeting will be held on April 2, while a dinner for the leaders
is planned for the day before," he said, hinting that it would be desirable to
hold a separate summit of the two leaders around that time.
The policymaker, however, said that because the G20 meeting will only last two
days and other leaders have all requested talks with Obama, a one-on-one summit
may not take place at all.
He said Washington has not revealed its position on individual summit meetings in
London.