President Yoon Suk Yeol called for Korea and the Czech Republic to achieve a “nuclear energy renaissance” at a bilateral business forum attended by top executives of both countries Friday.

South Korea is confident it can overcome any obstacles to a multi-billion dollar project to build a nuclear plant in the Czech Republic, despite appeals against the deal launched by EDF and Westinghouse,

During his four-day visit, Yoon will hold talks with Czech President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Petr Fiala to expand cooperation in nuclear energy, trade, investment, technology and other areas.

South Korea is confident it can overcome any obstacles to a multibillion dollar project to build a nuclear plant in the Czech Republic, despite appeals against the deal launched by EDF and Westinghouse, President Yoon Suk-yeol has said.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will visit the Czech Republic between September 19-22, his office said on Thursday. The visit comes after the Czech government picked South Korea's state-run Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) as the preferred bidder to build two nuclear reactors in July.

President Yoon Suk Yeol held out the prospect of forging a "nuclear energy alliance" with the Czech Republic Thursday, pledging to ensure wide-ranging cooperation with Prague over the design and construction of nuclear reactors if a Korean consortium wins the country's power plant

During his trip, President Yoon Suk Yeol visits the Czech Republic to strengthen nuclear cooperation and finalize reactor contracts.