According to the presidential office here, the two were scheduled to sit down for talks on the sidelines of the summit, but the meeting was canceled after Trump decided to cut his G7 trip short.
In a press briefing in Calgary, National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lak also said, "Trump is hurriedly returning to Washington due to a deadly conflict between Iran and Israel, which has made it difficult for him to hold the biliteral meeting as planned." He added that the U.S. asked for understanding over the cancellation.
Meanwhile, Lee has already held a series of talks with other leaders including Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and South African President Matamela Cyril Ramaphosa, and is set to have a one-on-one meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.
With the first bilateral meeting between the new South Korean and U.S. leaders falling through, the next possible occasion would be the NATO summit, which is scheduled to take place in the Hague early next week, although Lee has not yet decided whether to attend.
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