FKI "Welcome Korea-Japan Summit... Expecting a Starting Point for Normalizing Relations"

President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida greet each other on the 21st (local time) at a conference building in New York, USA, ahead of a brief South Korea-Japan summit. (Image source=Yonhap News)

[Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chae-seok] The Federation of Korean Industries (FKI) expressed its welcome on the 22nd for the brief Korea-Japan summit held between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in New York, USA.

In a statement, the FKI said, "We sincerely welcome the Korea-Japan summit held after 2 years and 9 months, and express our gratitude to both governments for making the decision and efforts to hold it."

It added, "The business community expects this summit to be a practical starting point for efforts to normalize the tangled bilateral relations between the two countries."

The FKI also expressed hope that through the summit, both countries can work together to resolve issues surrounding Korea and Japan, such as the North Korean nuclear problem and the global supply chain crisis.

Furthermore, the FKI stated, "Together with Japan's Keidanren (Japan Business Federation), the FKI will take the lead in overcoming the global economic crisis through the normalization of Korea-Japan relations and the expansion of economic cooperation between the two countries."

President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida held a brief 30-minute summit on the 21st (local time) at a conference building near the United Nations General Assembly hall in New York, where they were attending the UN General Assembly.

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