Duda on Thursday met with South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul for talks on international security and bilateral business and defence ties, according to the Polish President's Office.
He told a news conference afterward that Poland and South Korea enjoyed "very good bilateral relations and productive cooperation."
"Today, Korean products can be found in every Polish home, but what matters most is that many of them are manufactured in Poland," Duda said.
He told reporters that he and his South Korean counterpart discussed international security challenges, including Russia's war against Ukraine.
"I expressed my gratitude for the support extended to Ukraine, which is urgently needed by this war-weary nation," Duda said, as cited by his office.
During his four-day trip to South Korea includes a visit to South Korean arms maker Hyundai Rotem, which is supplying tanks to Poland under a deal signed in 2022.
In July last year, Duda praised "brilliant prospects" for bilateral economic cooperation during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Warsaw.
Poland's President Andrzej Duda (right) and South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol (left) meet in Warsaw on July 13, 2023. Photo: PAP/Jakub Szymczuk/KPRP
Speaking at a business forum in the Polish capital at the time, Duda said that Poland and South Korea were in the process of carrying out ambitious joint projects in the energy, technology and defence sectors, according to a report by Polish state news agency PAP.
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Source: IAR, PAP