Seoul's foreign ministers to meet counterparts in New York

By Tony Chang
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Yonhap) -- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan will hold
a series of meetings with his counterparts this week on the sidelines of the
United Nations General Assembly, his ministry said Monday.
Yu was visiting New York accompanying President Lee Myung-bak to the 64th U.N.
General Assembly. He will also travel with him to the G-20 summit slated for
Friday in Pittsburgh.
He is scheduled to meet with his U.S. counterpart Hillary Clinton on Monday
(local time), and the North Korean nuclear stalemate is expected to top the range
of issues for discussion, foreign ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said.
Yu will meet with Hoshyar Zebari, his Iraqi counterpart, and Egyptian foreign
minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit on Tuesday and hold talks with the Panamanian and
Spanish foreign ministers on Wednesday.
Yu and his Estonian counterpart Urmas Paet will sign an agreement on avoidance of
double-taxation on Wednesday, the spokesman said.
The South Korean minister is also scheduled to attend several multilateral
meetings, including the annual Millennium Promise meeting aimed at eradicating
poverty, according to the spokesman.
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