Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated President-elect of South Korea Yoon Suk-yeol on his victory in the Presidential elections. In a tweet, Mr Modi said, he is looking forward to work with him to further expand and strengthen the India-Republic of Korea Special Strategic Partnership. Yoon, a former top prosecutor, has been elected South Korea's president to replace outgoing Moon Jae-in.

On Thursday, PM Modi took to Twitter to say “It was a pleasure to speak with President-elect @sukyeol_yoon. Conveyed my congratulations on his recent victory in the Presidential elections in Republic of Korea. We discussed the potential of further deepening the India-Korea Special Strategic Partnership in many areas.”

Yoon Suk-yeol is a candidate from conservative opposition People Power Party. He has been elected the President of South Korea with all ballots counted according to the country's National election Commission. The presidential elections in South Korea were held on March 9. The voter turnout was 77.1 per cent. More than 34 million people out of 44 million voters cast their ballots, Sputnik news agency reported. Yoon defeated his rival Lee Jae-myung by gaining 48.56 per cent of the vote, while his rival got 47.83 per cent vote.

India-Republic of Korea (RoK) relations has made great strides in recent years and has become truly multidimensional, spurred by a significant convergence of interests, mutual goodwill and high level exchanges. Bilateral consular relations were established in 1962 which was upgraded to Ambassador-level in 1973.

In course of time, RoK's open market policies found resonance with India's economic liberalization and 'Look East Policy' as well as “Act East Policy”. Consistent Indian support for peaceful reunification of the two Koreas has been well received in this country.

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