EGN NEWS DESK
Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will go to Seoul on Sept. 6-7 for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Yoon’s workplace mentioned on Tuesday.
The leaders will evaluation progress on their efforts to step up cooperation between the international locations and focus on methods to deepen their partnership forward of Kishida’s resignation this month, Yoon’s workplace mentioned.
“Both sides will look again on the achievements of cooperation they’ve made by means of 11 rounds of summits and focus on the long run course of growth of bilateral, regional and world cooperation,” it mentioned in a press release.
Since taking workplace in 2022, Yoon has made it a diplomatic precedence to fix ties with Japan and enhance safety cooperation to sort out North Korea’s navy threats, bringing a few thaw in typically icy relations between the neighbors.
Yoon’s outreach has additionally paved the way in which for South Korea, Japan and the United States to strengthen trilateral safety cooperation, culminating in a historic summit between the three leaders in Camp David final 12 months.
Kishida has introduced he’ll step down in September selecting to finish a three-year time period marred by political scandals and rising prices of dwelling. Yoon mentioned final week that cooperation with Japan and the United States would proceed regardless of imminent change in leaders in Tokyo and Washington.
Kishida is predicted to supply constructive recommendation for his successor on overseas coverage and future growth of bilateral ties primarily based on his expertise, Yoon’s workplace mentioned within the assertion.
