Korea-Japan Foreign Ministers Conclude Meeting in New York: "Committed to Sincere Efforts for Improving Relations"

Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi greet each other on the 19th (local time) at a hotel in Manhattan, New York. (Photo by Joint Press Corps)

[Asia Economy New York=Special Correspondent Joselgina] Ahead of President Yoon Seok-yeol's attendance at the United Nations General Assembly, the foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan met in New York, USA, to discuss current issues.

Foreign Minister Park Jin and Japanese Foreign Minister Hayashi Yoshimasa held a meeting for about 50 minutes on the afternoon of the 19th (local time) at a hotel in Manhattan. This was reported to be for the purpose of preliminarily reviewing key issues ahead of the scheduled meeting between President Yoon and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio during the UN General Assembly.

After the meeting, Minister Park evaluated to reporters, "We had many good discussions." Regarding questions about the summit, he replied, "Both sides agreed to make sincere efforts to improve Korea-Japan relations."

During the meeting, it was expected that key issues in Korea-Japan relations such as solutions for compensation for forced labor, cooperation on the North Korean nuclear issue, trilateral security cooperation among South Korea, the US, and Japan, and revitalization of people-to-people exchanges between the two countries would be discussed.

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