President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Peru on Friday, the presidential office said Thursday (local time).

President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Peru on Thursday to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit and meet world leaders to discuss security and economic issues. On Friday, Yoon will deliver a keynote speech as South Korea prepares to host next year's APEC summit and join the main session and CEO summit.

President Yoon Suk Yeol from Nov. 14-21 will go on an eight-day South American tour to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit in Peru and the Group of 20 Summit in Brazil. He is shown giving a speech in November last year at the APEC CEO Summit in San Francisco. (Kang Min Seok from Office of the President)