President Park Geun-hye pays tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 3.
President Park Geun-hye paid tribute at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 3.
President Park honored the victims who gave their lives for freedom and peace, including Korean War veterans, and gave words of encouragement to their bereaved families, after laying a wreath in front of the eternal flame at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier beneath the Arc de Triomphe.
President Park stressed that this year is very significant, as Seoul and Paris commemorate the 130th anniversary of establishing diplomatic ties. “Let our two countries try to achieve peace on the Korean Peninsula and around the world, based on our amity and cooperation and based on the long history and traditions of our two countries. France contributed to the protection of the Korean Peninsula and to world peace by dispatching troops to the Korean War under difficult situations and circumstances due to World War II,” she said.
President Park Geun-hye pauses for a moment of silence after laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 3.
President Park Geun-hye gives words of encouragement to veterans from the Korean War during a ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris on June 3.
By Son Gi-na
Korea.net Staff Writer
Photos: Cheong Wa Dae
ginason@korea.kr
