Regarding the Korea-Japan summit on the 8th, Kim Ki-hyun, representative of People’s Power, said, “With President Yoon Seok-yeol’s decision, Korea-Japan relations are now trying to come out of the tunnel of darkness for a long time.”
Representative Kim posted on his social network service (SNS) Facebook this morning, titled, “Korea-Japan relations are trying to come out of a long dark tunnel.”
He wrote, “There was a summit meeting between President Yoon Seok-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida,” and “above all, I want to attach great importance to the restoration of shuttle diplomacy after 12 years.” “President Yoon Seok-yeol’s bold decision in March opened the door to normalization of Korea-Japan relations, and with this summit, the normalization of bilateral relations has progressed one step further. “It is a very encouraging result,” he said. “As the cold time of the five years of the Moon Jae-in administration was a waste, it is time to focus on work for the common good as soon as possible.”
Representative Kim said, “Prime Minister Kishida started his visit to Korea with a visit to the National Cemetery to commemorate our martyred martyrs. “I think it is very meaningful that the leaders of the two countries are together in taking care of the historical pain and wounds of the Korean people,” he said.
In addition, Prime Minister Kishida emphasized that the position of inheriting the historical awareness of successive Japanese cabinets, including the 1998 ‘Kim Dae-jung-Obuchi Declaration’, would not be shaken, and said, ‘At that time, in a harsh environment, many people were very painful and sad. It hurts my heart that you went through this.” This is evaluated as a more advanced attitude than the position in March.”
He said, “The two leaders agreed to strengthen cooperation in establishing the semiconductor supply chain and to strengthen cooperation in the field of advanced science and technology, which will be the food of the future. We also agreed to continue trilateral security cooperation between Korea, the US and Japan,” he said. “Economic and security cooperation with Japan is not an option, but a necessity. It is impossible to maximize the national interest by tapping on the calculator for domestic politics and singing the Jukchangga every day.”
“I think the decision to send an on-site inspection team composed of Korean experts in relation to the contaminated water at the Fukushima nuclear power plant is an agreement with important meaning in that we can increase confidence in the results through scientific and objective verification led by us,” he said.
Representative Kim refuted the opposition’s criticism, saying, “With the decision of President Yoon Seok-yeol, Korea-Japan relations are now trying to come out of the tunnel of darkness for a long time.” .
“The act of crossing arms and looking for a place to teach is not a constructive attitude for the future. We should not forget that shallow tricks to avoid the immediate internal crisis cannot win the support of the international community.”
Source: Donga
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