“Korea and Japan jointly establish next-generation energy supply chain, including hydrogen”

Yu-Kishida, APEC summit meeting

President Yoon Seok-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who visited San Francisco to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, discussed plans to jointly build a global supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia, the next-generation energy sources, at a lecture at Stanford University on the 17th (local time). It is known that the plan is to present it. In San Francisco, the leaders of Korea and Japan held a separate bilateral summit on the 16th, increasing the total number of meetings between the two leaders since the normalization of Korea-Japan relations in March to seven. As the leaders of Korea, the United States, and Japan are increasing regional economic and security cooperation through trilateral cooperation, stable management of Korea-China relations is emerging as a diplomatic task for the Yoon Seok-yeol government.

According to the President’s Office, the leaders of Korea and Japan will hold a roundtable discussion at Stanford University on the topic of ‘Korea-Japan and Korea-U.S.-Japan advanced technology cooperation.’ The Asahi Shimbun reported that Prime Minister Kishida is expected to present a government policy to invest more than 150 trillion yen (approximately 1,292 trillion won) in the development of next-generation energy over the next 10 years in accordance with the decarbonization policy. It is expected that the two countries, which are highly dependent on energy imports and are pursuing clean energy policies in earnest, will establish a joint supply chain for hydrogen and ammonia, which are decarbonized fuels.

In addition, the leaders of Korea, the United States, and Japan, including U.S. President Joe Biden, met for about 10 minutes that day to accelerate cooperation on pending issues in the region. President Biden said, “Thanks to President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida, I was able to greatly reduce my burden in carrying out my duties as President of the United States.”

尹-Kishida, 7th meeting this year President Yoon Seok-yeol (left), who visited the United States to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, is walking to his seat with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Korea-Japan summit held at a hotel in San Francisco on the 16th (local time). This is the seventh meeting between the leaders of Korea and Japan this year. San Francisco = Newsis

“In carrying out my duties as President of the United States, I was able to greatly reduce my burden thanks to President Yoon Seok-yeol and Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.”

U.S. President Joe Biden announced this at a separate meeting between the leaders of Korea, the United States, and Japan held after the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) summit held in San Francisco on the 16th (local time). The leaders of the three countries expressed satisfaction with the active functioning of high-level dialogue channels based on the comprehensive cooperation system established at Camp David in August. They also agreed that security and economic cooperation are two sides of the same coin. A senior official in the Presidential Office explained, “This means that we can share and develop cutting-edge technology in a relationship that is close to 100% trustworthy in military, politics, ideology and values.”

At the 35-minute summit meeting between President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida on the 16th, trust between the leaders was evident more than ever. President Yoon expressed his friendliness to Prime Minister Kishida by calling him Prime Minister Fumio, his first name instead of his last name. President Yoon’s first comment upon seeing Prime Minister Kishida at the meeting was “Fumio.”

“I’m sorry. “I’m late.” (Prime Minister Kishida)

“Oh, no problem.” (President Yoon)

Prime Minister Kishida also said, “I walked because I was afraid I would be late (for my appointment).” It is reported that Prime Minister Kishida boarded a vehicle after meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau locally, but when President Biden’s movement blocked traffic for about 20 minutes, he got out of the car and walked for about 7 minutes.

At the meeting, President Yoon evaluated, “With the resumption of the Security Policy Council and Economic and Security Dialogue in the first half of the year, and the Vice Foreign Minister Strategic Dialogue last month, all inter-governmental consultative mechanisms agreed upon during the visit to Japan in March of this year have been 100% restored.” Prime Minister Kishida also said, “Together with President Yoon, we have been promoting cooperation between the two countries in various fields such as politics, security, economy, and culture. “I hope to take this step further.” Prime Minister Kishida said, “It is very reassuring that close cooperation has been achieved between Japan and Korea regarding the departure of their citizens from Israel.”

The leaders of Korea and Japan actively welcomed the positive trend of improving Korea-Japan relations established seven times this year and decided to deepen cooperation on global issues in the region. Cooperation is accelerating, with the Asahi Shimbun reporting that the two leaders are proposing a policy to jointly establish a hydrogen and ammonia supply chain. According to this, Prime Minister Kishida announced a policy of investing more than 150 trillion yen (approximately 1,292 trillion won) in the development of next-generation energy over the next 10 years in accordance with the decarbonization policy at a discussion meeting on the 17th. In addition, in order to strengthen cooperation surrounding quantum technology that enables high-speed information processing, the two leaders plan to strengthen cooperation in quantum technology, including signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) and Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology. They also said they plan to release it.

Xi Jinping, second meeting President Yoon Seok-yeol (left) meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping and shakes hands before the first session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit held at the Moscone Center in San Francisco on the 16th (local time). This is the second time the two have met since President Yoon took office. San Francisco = Newsis

President Yoon and Chinese President Xi Jinping exchanged greetings at the conference hall before the start of the first session of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) on this day. After shaking hands, the two leaders smiled briefly and exchanged greetings saying they were glad to see each other again about a year after the G20 summit held in Bali, Indonesia in November last year.

During the three-minute meeting, when President Yoon said, “I hope that APEC will lead to good results,” President Xi said, “I am confident that there will be good results.” “I hope that Korea and China will cooperate with each other,” he said. When President Yoon said, “Thank you for welcoming and welcoming Prime Minister Han Deok-soo during the Hangzhou Asian Games,” President Xi responded, “I had a wonderful meeting with Prime Minister Han.”

It is still unclear whether a summit meeting between President Yoon and President Xi will be held. A senior official in the Presidential Office said, “We are still discussing it.” “He will make strategic decisions,” he said. Commenting on the fact that President Xi held summit meetings with President Biden and Prime Minister Kishida but did not decide on a meeting with President Yoon, he said, “China focused its energy on talks with the United States,” and “It is difficult to discuss with any country at the available time.” “We need to decide how compactly we will divide the talks,” he explained.

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Source: Donga

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