According to the latest report by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's ** Yoon Suk-yeol, who is visiting the Netherlands, and Dutch Prime Minister Rutte issued a joint statement on the 13th local time, which mentioned that the two countries agreed to build a "semiconductor alliance", and newly established and held a "2+2" ministerial dialogue and consultation mechanism in the foreign and industrial sectors every other year to further deepen the strategic partnership.
Previously, the South Korean ** room had revealed in advance the news that South Korea and the Netherlands would form a "semiconductor alliance", which aroused the attention of many South Koreans.
Yonhap News Agency reported on the 13th that this visit is Yoon Suk-yeol's first state visit to the Netherlands, and he and Rutte held separate talks in The Hague and reached a joint statement containing 20 items.
Yonhap News Agency said earlier in the day that the two countries will agree to work together to narrow the technology gap and jointly respond to the ** chain crisis by issuing a joint statement. To this end, the two countries will hold regular economic and security dialogues. In addition, the commerce departments of the two countries will also establish a dialogue mechanism to coordinate chip policies and establish a memorandum of understanding (MOU) based on cooperation on the ** chain of key items.
In addition, Kim Tae-hyo, the first director of the South Korean National Security Office, said at a press conference held at the Amsterdam Press Center on the 12th that South Korea and the Netherlands have decided to strengthen normalized special cooperation in the field of semiconductors, and the two countries will work to build an alliance that can provide immediate and efficient solutions in the event of a **chain crisis.
South Korea's **Yoon Suk-yeol left for the Netherlands on the 11th to start his four-day visit. South Korea reported that Yoon Suk-yeol's visit will focus on improving the level of economic cooperation between the two countries and will visit the Dutch company ASML. In an interview with AFP the day before the trip, Yoon Suk-yeol claimed that economy and security are synonymous. During his visit to the Netherlands, he will focus on discussing the global semiconductor chain and building a systematic institutional framework. The visit to ASML will be an important turning point in the relationship between the "Korean-Dutch semiconductor alliance". It is worth mentioning that Lee Jae-yong, chairman of Samsung Electronics, a global memory semiconductor giant, and Chey Tae-won, chairman of SK Group, will accompany the visit.