Korea-Japan Director-General Level Talks Held in Seoul... Discussion on Follow-up Measures of Summit Meeting

On the 7th, director-level consultations between the foreign ministries of South Korea and Japan were held in Seoul to discuss follow-up measures after the Korea-Japan summit.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the consultation between Seo Min-jung, Director-General of the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Takehiro Funakoshi, Director-General of the Asian and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of Japan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

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This consultation was held about three weeks after the summit between President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, which took place in Tokyo, Japan, on the 16th of last month. Following the Korea-Japan summit, President Yoon stated in a joint press conference release that "both countries agreed to promptly restore consultative bodies to discuss mutual interests."

It is anticipated that during this consultation, schedules for the resumption of the Korea-Japan Deputy Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue and the director-level '2+2' security policy consultations between foreign and defense authorities were coordinated.

The Korea-Japan Deputy Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue began in 2005 as a channel to discuss regional and global issues but has been suspended since 2014. The Korea-Japan Security Policy Consultations were last held in Tokyo in 2018 and have not convened for five years.

Additionally, both sides are expected to exchange views on the South Korean government's Supreme Court ruling on forced labor and discuss Japan's further responses.

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