Japan, South Korea FMs may meet next month

TOKYO, 01 June 2022, (TON): Government sources said “Japan is considering a foreign ministerial meeting with South Korea next month in Tokyo, as Prime Minister Fumio Kishida seeks to mend soured bilateral ties following the launch of a new government in Seoul.”

If realized, it will be the first in-person meeting in Japan since November 20-19 by top diplomats from the two countries.

The two neighboring countries have been locked in disputes ov-er wartime issues for many years and their relations sa-nk to their lowest level in decades under former South Korean President Moon Jae In.

The sources said “Japan is planning to hold a meeting between Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and his new South Korean counterpart Park Jin before June 22, the most likely date for the start of campaigning for the upcoming House of Councillors election.”

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