US Ambassador Michelle Metal (left) stands for a photograph with President Lee Jae Myung (middle) and her husband, Shawn Metal (proper), after presenting her credentials on the Blue Home on Aug. 12, 2026. (Yonhap)
Throughout his first assembly with newly appointed US Ambassador Michelle Metal on Wednesday, Korean President Lee Jae Myung stated he hoped that Metal, along with her deep understanding of Korean tradition and society, would function a “sturdy bridge” for additional strengthening and advancing the 2 nations’ alliance.
Lee made the remarks throughout a one-on-one dialog with Metal following a ceremony on the Blue Home the place she and several other different ambassadors introduced their credentials, as associated by presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung.
“I consider the varied excellent points between our two nations might be easily resolved by means of affordable, proactive dialogue and cooperation, which can additional advance our bilateral relations,” Lee informed the brand new US envoy to Seoul.
It’s conventional for a newly appointed ambassador to current the top of state of the nation they’re to signify with a letter of credence from the top of state of their very own nation.
In accordance with Kang, Metal informed the Korean president that she was more than happy to be posted to Korea and promised to speak actively with the Korean authorities and other people and to work for mutual understanding, friendship and cooperation between the 2 nations.
Metal, a Korean American politician from California, served two phrases within the US Home of Representatives with the Republican Get together. She was accompanied on the ceremony on Wednesday by her husband, the lawyer Shawn Metal, who can also be a distinguished Republican politician.
Lee additionally obtained letters of credence Wednesday from Portuguese Ambassador Vanda Maria Dias Stelzer Sequeira, United Arab Emirates Ambassador Jamal Abdullah Al Suwaidi, and Irish Ambassador Sean Hoy.
By Shim Woo-sam, employees reporter
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