First Korea-Japan Summit... "Inheritance and Development of Relations through Shuttle Diplomacy"

Shake hands with a bright expression...The first Korea-Japan summit will last 40 minutes
"Since last year, Korea-Japan relations have been positively developed"
"We will promote the development of Korea-Japan relations through close communication, including shuttle diplomacy."

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol held his first summit with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the occasion of his attendance at the ASEAN Summit.

The two leaders agreed to inherit and develop Korea-Japan relations by continuing shuttle diplomacy restored by President Yoon and former Prime Minister Kishida.Reporter Shin Yoon-jung reports from

Laos.

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol held his first summit at a hotel in Vientiane, Laos' capital, nine days after Ishiba's inauguration.After President Yun

welcomed him with a handshake and repeatedly asked for a handshake in a commemorative photo, the two leaders began the summit with a bright expression.

During the 40-minute meeting, President Yoon first congratulated Prime Minister Ishiba on his inauguration and said that Korea-Japan relations have been making positive developments since his visit to Japan in March last year.

He said that such a change was possible because of the trust between the leaders of the two countries, and that he should promote the development of Korea-Japan relations through close communication with Prime Minister Ishiba.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: Following former Prime Minister Kishida, I hope that the Prime Minister and I will continue to promote the development of Korea-Japan relations through active and close communication, including shuttle diplomacy]

In particular, he emphasized the leap in relations that the people of the two countries can feel on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the normalization of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan next year.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / Presidents present a promising future image of bilateral relations so that the people of both countries can feel the leap forward....]

Prime Minister Ishiba thanked him for his inauguration and said close cooperation between Japan and South Korea under the current strategic environment is very important for regional stability and peace.

To this end, we agreed to continue shuttle diplomacy, saying that we want to inherit and develop improved relations between the two countries.

[Shigeru Ishiba / Japanese Prime Minister: I hope we can work closely with the President while also utilizing the shuttle diplomacy you mentioned]

The two leaders, who attended the ASEAN+3 meeting held side by side just before the summit, held their first face-to-face meeting, holding hands together for a commemorative photo.President

Yoon plans to wrap up his 5-night and 6-day trip home after the East Asia Summit, which includes 10 ASEAN countries, Korea, Japan, and China, and Russia and the United States.

I'm YTN Shin Yoon-jung from Vientiane.