Regarding Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Korea on the 8th and expressing his regret for the victims of forced labor during the Japanese colonial period, the Office of the President said, “Prime Minister Kishida is an attempt to open the hearts of our Korean people.” Considering the cooling relationship of , it is an important step.”
Presidential Office Spokesperson Lee Do-woon held a briefing at the Yongsan Presidential Office in the afternoon and said, “Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Korea has opened the hearts of the people of both Korea and Japan a little more.”
Prime Minister Kishida held a joint press conference after holding a summit meeting with President Yoon Seok-yeol the previous day (7th) and said of the victims of forced labor, “I am heartbroken that many people who had to work under harsh conditions at the time had a difficult and sad experience. I do,” he said.
Spokesperson Lee also said, “Meaningful progress” was made when Prime Minister Kishida accepted the dispatch of a Korean expert group inspection team to verify the safety of contaminated water in Fukushima, and the leaders of Korea and Japan agreed to visit the memorial monument for Korean atomic bomb victims in Hiroshima Peace Park together. It was evaluated.
Regarding Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Korea, shuttle diplomacy between the leaders of South Korea and Japan was reactivated after 12 years, and the two leaders agreed to expand bilateral cooperation fields in all directions, Spokesperson Lee said, “We evaluate that Korea-Japan relations have entered a normalization stage.” said.
Spokesman Lee said, “Shuttle diplomacy between the leaders of Korea and Japan, which had cooled down over the past 12 years, and was neglected and disconnected under the previous regime, has been restored.” did,” he said.
Spokesman Lee said, “I evaluate that the value-oriented diplomacy promoted by President Yoon is now getting results.” There was public opinion, but because of this, Korea-Japan relations moved and there was an aspect of taking the initiative,” he explained.
“It is true that[the normalization of Korea-Japan relations]moved the United States again, and that the ROK-US nuclear defense declaration called the ‘Washington Declaration’ became an important leverage during the US state visit,” he said. He added, “As Prime Minister Kishida responded to the future cooperation between Korea and Japan, Korea-Japan relations have become more solid.”
Meanwhile, at a meeting of senior secretaries presiding over this morning, President Yoon ordered the cabinet and staff to “take thorough follow-up measures regarding security, industry, science and technology, culture, and future generation exchanges discussed at the Korea-Japan summit,” spokesman Lee said. told
Source: Donga
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