South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol and his wife at the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II [사진 제공: 연합뉴스]
-The presidential office has repeatedly evolved on the controversy over President Yoon Seok-yeol’s so-called “condolence neglect”, saying, “The British royal family has asked for it to be postponed to the next day.”
Lee Jae-myung, deputy spokesperson for the presidential office, gave a briefing after his second trip to New York, the United States, and said, “Some allegations that the worship service was not held, that condolences have been canceled, that condolences if diplomacy without condolences, or that the president was late, are not true at all “.
“From the beginning, we had discussions with the British royal family and, if we had arrived in London after 3pm local time, we would have paid a wreath for the Korean War veterans and visited the Queen.” , he said.
He said: “The British royal family has asked for condolences to be postponed for fear that the heads of the countries might be late for the welcome hosted by the king due to poor traffic conditions in London.
Deputy Spokesperson Lee also said: “In addition to President Yoon, the prominent figures who wrote the condolence register after the funeral were the President of the European Commission, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, the King of Monaco, the President of ‘Austria, the prime minister The minister of Egypt and the president of Lithuania will not happen, “he reiterated.
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