SEOUL, Oct 1 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korean President, Lee Jae-myung, held summit talks yesterday, with Japanese Prime Minister, Shigeru Ishiba, in South Korea’s south-eastern port city of Busan, according to the presidential office.
Presidential spokesperson, Kang Yu-jung, told a press briefing that, the two leaders exchanged views extensively and in depth, over ways to strengthen substantial cooperation between the two countries, and the need for cooperation in regional and global issues.
Lee and Ishiba welcomed the completion of a so-called shuttle diplomacy, by the latter’s visit to Busan, about a month after the South Korean president’s visit to Japan in late Aug.
They fully shared views over the importance of bilateral relations, agreeing to continue communications and cooperation, based on the renewed “shuttle diplomacy.”
They welcomed the launch of a consultative body, to tackle the shared social challenges and agreed to resume the bilateral science and technology cooperation committee meeting.
The two sides evaluated the bilateral meetings held in Sept, including the defence ministers’ meeting, economic security dialogue and vice finance ministers’ meeting.
During the dialogue, Lee mentioned his cooperation principle of “moving towards the future, while squarely facing the past,” noting that, if the two sides accumulate the meaningful outcomes of cooperation, a virtuous cycle can be created that positively works in dialogue on pending issues between the two countries.– NNN-YONHAP
