Dear colleagues, I report that is in the official delegation of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea, which was greeted with much warmth. We want to welcome them and their president, Lee Kang Rae, on the occasion of the twelfth inter-parliamentary meeting between our Parliament and the Parliament of his country. The European Parliament has always supported peace and stability and upholding human rights the Korean peninsula. Naturally, we welcome the increasingly active role of the Republic of Korea in the international arena, wishing him the best when you also have to chair the G20 this year. We are aware of the broad ambition of the Association Agreement between the Republic of Korea and the European Union that will soon enter the ratification process. Therefore, we congratulate our Korean colleagues. We wish you a successful presence and, above all, enjoy the privilege of following a debate as fundamental as taking place in our House now.