Korean President Lee Jae Myung, proper, poses for a photograph with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi forward of their pull-aside assembly held on the sidelines of the Group of 20 summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Nov. 23. Yonhap
Korea and Japan have been making preparations for summit talks between President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi in mid-January within the Japanese prefecture of Nara, a Japanese media report stated Thursday.
The 2 nations have been arranging to carry a summit between Lee and Takaichi in Nara, the capital metropolis of Nara Prefecture, round Jan. 13-14, Japan’s Mainichi Shimbun reported, citing diplomatic sources.
Todaiji Temple, a UNESCO World Heritage web site recognized for its Nice Buddha Statue, is taken into account as a attainable summit venue, the report stated. Nara is Takaichi’s residence prefecture.
Lee and Takaichi final held summit talks on Oct. 30 on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific Financial Cooperation discussion board within the Korean metropolis of Gyeongju, North Gyeongsang Province, and briefly met on the margins of the Group of 20 leaders’ gathering in South Africa final month.
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 could additionally mirror commitments made by the leaders of the 2 nations to proceed the constructive momentum in bilateral ties by way of “shuttle diplomacy,” or reciprocal visits.
Lee has pledged to advance ties with Japan beneath a two-track method that promotes future-oriented cooperation whereas individually addressing historic and territorial points.
Rigidity stays, nonetheless, as Lee’s workplace not too long ago reaffirmed the easternmost islets of Dokdo are indisputably Korea’s territory, rejecting Takaichi’s renewed territorial claims to Dokdo.
