Yoon arrives in Turkmenistan on 1st leg of Central Asia trip

President Yoon Suk Yeol, second from right, greets two children at the Ashgabat International Airport, Turkmenistan, June 10, during his weeklong trip to Central Asia. Joint Press Corps

President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived in Turkmenistan on Monday on the first leg of his weeklong trip to Central Asia that will also take him to Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on a mission to expand cooperation in critical minerals and other key sectors.

Yoon kicked off the state visits to the resource-rich Central Asian nations through June 15, accompanied by first…