Japanese Media: "President Moon and Japanese Prime Minister Suga Coordinating First Phone Talk on 24th" (Comprehensive)

[Asia Economy Reporter Jeong Hyunjin] Fuji News Network (FNN), a Japanese private broadcaster, reported on the 23rd that Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is coordinating to hold his first phone talk with President Moon Jae-in since taking office on the 24th.

According to the report, the phone talk between President Moon and Prime Minister Suga is being coordinated to take place on the morning of the 24th. This will be the first official dialogue between the two leaders of Korea and Japan in nine months since the Korea-China-Japan summit held in China last December.

FNN conveyed that during the talk, Prime Minister Suga is expected to offer his inauguration greetings and simultaneously request cooperation to resolve the issue of North Korea’s abduction of Japanese citizens. According to Japanese government officials, FNN reported that in this meeting, there will likely not be in-depth interaction regarding issues such as the forced labor compensation rulings and Japan’s strengthened export regulations against Korea.

Earlier, after Prime Minister Suga was elected as prime minister in the National Diet on the 16th, President Moon sent a congratulatory letter to Prime Minister Suga. The Blue House announced on the 21st that Prime Minister Suga sent a reply three days later on the 19th, emphasizing that Korea and Japan are important neighboring countries. In this reply, Prime Minister Suga also stated, "I hope to overcome difficult issues and build a future-oriented Korea-Japan relationship."

In his congratulatory letter on the day of Prime Minister Suga’s inauguration, President Moon also expressed his willingness to improve Korea-Japan relations by saying, "Let us work together for the development of Korea-Japan relations during Prime Minister Suga’s term." At that time, the Blue House conveyed President Moon’s position that "not only do we share fundamental values and strategic interests, but as the geographically and culturally closest friends, the Korean government is always ready to sit down and communicate with the Japanese government."

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