President Yoon Holds First Korea-Japan Summit With Prime Minister Ishiba

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold his first Korea-Japan summit with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the occasion of attending the ASEAN-related summit.

It is expected to be as early as tomorrow, and the meeting is expected to take place within 10 days after taking office on the 1st.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Shin Yoonjung!

[Reporter[
]Yes, this is Vientiane, Laos.

[Anchor]
Is the Korea-Japan summit confirmed?

[Reporter]
Yes, it is.

The presidential office said President Yoon will hold bilateral talks with six countries, including Japan, in Laos, where the ASEAN summit will be held over two days from tomorrow.

The first Korea-Japan summit was held with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba, who took office on the 1st.

The two leaders will attend the ASEAN+3, or Korea-China-Japan Summit, which will be held tomorrow afternoon, and it seems likely that they will meet before or after this meeting.

Earlier, President Yoon talked on the phone for 15 minutes on the 2nd, the day after Ishiba took office,
President
Yoon said that as Korea and Japan are important neighbors and partners in sharing values and interests, the two leaders should continue to communicate closely and promote cooperation.As the leaders of

agreed to continue shuttle diplomacy and meet as soon as possible to exchange candid opinions on issues of mutual interest, including bilateral relations, the summit seems to have taken place immediately.

A senior presidential official said earlier that the two leaders will first face each other in connection with the Korea-Japan summit and continue the purpose of shuttle diplomacy.

At the same time, he predicted that serious discussions will take place on how to further develop Korea-Japan relations and implement the problems that the two countries have been doing.

However, he explained that it is difficult to discuss in-depth since it was a short meeting held on the occasion of multilateral meetings to enter into specific issues from the first meeting.
Next year marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between ∀, we will make efforts to share the level of awareness of the problem of how Korea-Japan relations should start anew.President

Yoon arrived a little while ago at 8:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. local time in Laos, the last country to visit three Southeast Asian countries.Following the ASEAN-Korea Summit and the ASEAN+3 Summit starting tomorrow, President
Yoon plans to hold bilateral talks with six countries, including Japan, Canada, Australia, Laos, Vietnam and Thailand.

I'm YTN Shin Yunjeong from Vientiane, Laos.