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

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President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is visiting Laos, will hold his first summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba today (10th) to discuss ways to cooperate between the two countries.Following his state visit to Singapore, President

Yoon will ask for his support for the August 15 reunification doctrine, which includes our vision for unification.Reporter Shin Yoon-jung reports from

Laos.

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President Yoon Suk Yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba will hold their first summit in Laos.

The presidential office said it will hold bilateral talks with six countries, including Japan, over two days on the occasion of the ASEAN-related summit.

Earlier, on the 2nd, the day after Ishiba's inauguration, President Yoon spoke for 15 minutes on the phone and said that the two countries should communicate closely and promote cooperation.

At the summit, the two leaders are expected to focus on continuing the improved flow of Korea-Japan relations and shuttle diplomacy since the inauguration of the Yoon administration.

An official from the presidential office explained that next year, when the 60th anniversary of diplomatic relations between Korea and Japan will be celebrated, it will be a place to share opinions on how Korea-Japan relations should start anew.President Yoon, who made a state visit to Singapore prior to

Laos, was a speaker at the Singapore Lecture hosted by the Southeast Asian Research Institute under the Singapore government.

He stressed that the unified Korean Peninsula, which was advocated in the August 15 Unification Doctrine announced on Liberation Day, will dramatically advance freedom, peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: With the disappearance of North Korea's nuclear threat and the solidification of the international non-proliferation regime, efforts to build peace and trust between countries and regions in the region will be greatly boosted.``President Yun

will clarify our position on security issues, including North Korea, and persuade us repeatedly to cooperate at the ASEAN-Korea summit.

On the 11th, 18 countries, including Australia, India, New Zealand, and Russia, will also attend the East Asia Summit on ASEAN+3.

The presidential office said that the ASEAN-related summit, which will be attended for the third time since President Yoon's inauguration, will establish a comprehensive strategic partnership and upgrade the ASEAN-Korea relations to the highest level.YTN Shin Yunjeong from

Laos Vientiane.