Prime Minister Han Duck-soo Visits Japan to Attend Abe's State Funeral... Meeting with Kishida on the 28th

Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is presiding over the Ministerial Meeting on State Affairs held at the Government Seoul Office in Jongno-gu, Seoul on the 23rd. The meeting discussed measures to respond to obsessive and brutal crimes such as stalking. Photo by Kim Hyun-min kimhyun81@

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Heeyoon] Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is scheduled to visit Japan to attend the state funeral of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and is expected to hold talks with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.

On the 25th, NHK reported that Japanese Prime Minister Kishida will hold talks with Prime Minister Han, who is attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe, and will engage in condolence diplomacy.

Prime Minister Han will attend the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe held in Tokyo, Japan, on the 27th. The condolence delegation includes Prime Minister Han, National Assembly Deputy Speaker Chung Jin-suk, Ambassador to Japan Yoon Deok-min, and Yoo Heung-soo, Chairman of the Korea-Japan Friendship Association Central Committee (former Ambassador to Japan), among others.

Prime Minister Han will stay in Japan for one night and two days and is scheduled to hold talks with Prime Minister Kishida on the 28th. The meeting is expected to last about 15 minutes. In addition to the talks with Prime Minister Kishida, Prime Minister Han will attend meetings with key figures from the Japanese government and business circles. He will also participate in a gathering with representatives of the Korean community.

Prime Minister Kishida plans to conduct condolence diplomacy through meetings with foreign dignitaries attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe from the 26th to the 28th.

Particularly, attention is focused on the talks with Vice President Harris, who is visiting Japan for the first time since taking office. Both sides plan to confirm cooperation to strengthen the U.S.-Japan alliance and realize a "free and open Indo-Pacific" through this meeting.

Attending the state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe are Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. China is expected to send Wan Gang, former Minister of Science and Technology.

The state funeral of former Prime Minister Abe will be held on the afternoon of the 27th at the Nippon Budokan in Tokyo. Approximately 4,300 people from home and abroad are expected to attend, including about 700 foreign government officials or foreign ambassadors stationed in Japan.

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