Korea-Japan Vice Minister Strategic Dialogue to Be Held in Seoul Tomorrow... Restarted After 9 Years

Tomorrow, First Korea-Japan Vice Ministers' Strategic Dialogue in 9 Years
Consultations on Follow-up Measures after the Summit Meeting

The 14th Korea-Japan Vice Ministerial Strategic Dialogue will be held on the 5th, marking the first time in about nine years.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Jang Ho-jin, the First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, will hold the Korea-Japan Vice Ministerial Strategic Dialogue with Okano Masataka, Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan, tomorrow (the 5th) in Seoul. This strategic dialogue is a follow-up measure to the Korea-Japan summit held in March. The two sides are expected to have in-depth consultations on a wide range of areas, including bilateral Korea-Japan relations, regional situations, and international issues.

The "Korea-Japan Vice Ministerial Strategic Dialogue" is a consultative body launched in 2005 with the purpose of discussing Korea-Japan relations and regional and international issues on a broader scale and cooperating with each other. However, due to the deterioration of bilateral relations, it was suspended after the 13th dialogue held in October 2014 in Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to this, President Yoon Suk-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio agreed at the summit in March this year to resume the operation of consultative bodies between the two countries' authorities, including the Vice Ministerial Strategic Dialogue, which had been suspended.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed expectations that this dialogue will be "a valuable opportunity to discuss ways to deepen cooperation at a time when the trend of improving Korea-Japan relations continues."

Meanwhile, Vice Minister Okano is scheduled to pay a courtesy visit to Foreign Minister Park Jin on the same day.

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