President Lee Jae Myung, proper, poses with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi forward of their assembly on the sidelines of the Group of 20 leaders’ summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 24. Courtesy of the presidential workplace
Korea and Japan are in talks to rearrange a go to to Japan by President Lee Jae Myung subsequent month for summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, a report mentioned Thursday.
The 2 sides want to maintain the summit in Nara Prefecture, Takaichi’s dwelling area, in mid-January, Kyodo Information reported, citing diplomatic sources.
The journey, if realized, will mark Lee’s second go to to the neighboring nation after he visited Tokyo in August and held summit talks with Takaichi’s predecessor, Shigeru Ishiba.
It might additionally mirror commitments made by the leaders of the 2 nations to proceed the constructive momentum in bilateral ties via “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal visits.
Ishiba visited Korea’s southern metropolis of Busan for talks with Lee in September earlier than he stepped down as prime minister.
Relations between Seoul and Tokyo have improved because the earlier Yoon Suk Yeol authorities.
Lee has mentioned he intends to advance ties with Japan in a future-oriented method, whereas not overlooking longstanding wartime historical past points stemming from the time when Korea was below Japan’s 1910-45 colonial rule.
Lee and Takaichi final held summit talks on Oct. 30 on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board in Gyeongju and briefly met on the margins of the Group of 20 leaders’ gathering in South Africa final week.
