35-minute Korea-Japan Summit in Hiroshima
President Yoon Seok-yeol met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the 21st and raised the issue of “resumption of direct routes including Korea-Hiroshima,” “smooth operation of the Korea-Japan Future Partnership Fund,” and “advancement of supply chain and high-tech cooperation.” President Yoon proposed this to Prime Minister Kishida at the Korea-Japan summit held in Hiroshima, Japan for 35 minutes from 7:55 am on the same day, said Presidential Office Spokesperson Lee Do-woon in a written briefing.
The two leaders said, “Relations between the two countries are facing a turning point in various fields, including not only diplomacy and security, but also the economy, industry, science and technology, culture and arts, and people-to-people exchanges.” ” he said. “Many countries that value freedom must come together,” he said, “and Korea and Japan, which share universal values, need to respond to various global agendas through mutual solidarity and cooperation.” At the same time, they decided to strengthen cooperation on the global agenda between the two countries on the occasion of the G7 Hiroshima Summit.
The heads of state of the two countries welcomed the fact that they had another summit meeting less than two weeks after the president’s visit to Japan in March and Prime Minister Kishida’s visit to Korea on the 7th. The two leaders agreed that close cooperation between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan should be further strengthened amid the grave regional situation where North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats are escalating, and decided to continue shuttle diplomacy between the leaders whenever an opportunity arises.
Source: Donga
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