Lee to receive Italy's highest decoration for promoting bilateral ties

President Lee Jae Myung will receive Italy's highest state decoration from Italian President Sergio Mattarella on Thursday in recognition of his contributions to bilateral ties, a presidential official said.

Mattarella was to confer the Knight Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on Lee during a state banquet in Rome, presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said in a briefing.

The honor comes after the two leaders held summit talks earlier in the day at the Quirin ...