Overview

• The handshake took place before China’s Victory Day military parade at Tiananmen Square and was confirmed by Woo Won-shik’s office.
• Woo’s office described no substantive follow-up, and North Korea has signaled it is not interested in talks with the South.
• Woo met Chinese President Xi Jinping and urged him to attend next month’s APEC summit in Gyeongju.
• The Kremlin said Woo and Russian President Vladimir Putin exchanged only a brief greeting, despite Woo’s outreach on support for South Korean firms in Russia.
• On Thursday in Beijing, Woo met China’s top legislator Zhao Leji to press for deeper ties and was scheduled to see Vice Premier Ding Xuexiang before returning home.