japanese prime minister fumio kishida will visit south korea on the 6th to hold talks with yoon seok-yeol
2024-09-04
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china news service, september 4, according to comprehensive foreign media reports, japanese prime minister fumio kishida will visit south korea from the 6th to the 7th local time, and plans to hold talks with south korean president yoon seok-yeol.
file photo: japanese prime minister fumio kishida.
according to kyodo news, japanese chief cabinet secretary yoshimasa hayashi announced kishida's visit to south korea at a press conference on the 3rd, and said: "this will be an important opportunity to discuss further development of bilateral relations, and we will communicate closely with the south korean side."
according to yonhap news agency, the south korean presidential office confirmed on the 3rd that japanese prime minister fumio kishida will visit south korea for two days starting from the 6th. a person related to the presidential office also said that kishida will hold bilateral talks with yoon seok-yeol during his visit to south korea, and the two sides are communicating on specific issues.
the report pointed out that in march 2023, the leaders of south korea and japan resumed "shuttle diplomacy" between their leaders after a lapse of 12 years. in august 2023, yoon seok-yeol, kishida fumio and us president biden met at camp david and reached an agreement on strengthening security and economic cooperation among south korea, the united states and japan.
the report also said that kishida has stated that he will not participate in the presidential election of japan's ruling liberal democratic party. the new president of the liberal democratic party will be elected in the election on september 27, so this will be kishida's first foreign visit before he steps down.
