President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday held phone talks with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and called for closer cooperation with the Netherlands in advanced technologies, his spokesperson said. It marked the first phone call between the two leaders after Jetten took office in February, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a written briefing. “On top of the close cooperation between the two countries in semiconductors, (Lee) expressed his intention to find measures to expand substantive cooperation in the fields of artificial intelligence and quantum (technology),” she said. Jetten voiced hope for the two countries to increase cooperation in fields such as batteries and wind power, while maintaining their cooperation in semiconductors, according to Kang. They also agreed to maintain close communication, citing deepening global uncertainties due to the situation in the Middle East, she added.
