SEOUL– First lady Kim Jung-sook toured the pyramids in Cairo last month when President Moon Jae-in visited Egypt, the presidential office said Thursday.
Kim accompanied Moon on a weeklong trip through the Middle East that also took them to the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
During Moon’s stay in Cairo on Jan. 19-21, Kim toured the pyramids at the request of the Egyptian side, Cheong Wa Dae said.
Kim’s tour to the pyramids was not made public at the time because it was a non-disclosure schedule, a senior official at Cheong Wa Dae said.
If Kim rejected the Egyptian request to tour the pyramids, it would have been a “diplomatic discourtesy,” the official said, adding that the pyramids are a “symbol of Egypt.”
However, the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) criticized Kim for touring the pyramids.
Chang Young-il, deputy spokesperson at the PPP’s election campaign committee, also slammed Moon for visiting the three nations last month at a time when a new wave of the omicron variant began to take hold.
Source: Yonhap News Agency