Korea and Japan hold summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly

The President of South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol, and the Prime Minister of Japan, Fumio Kishida, held their meetings in New York. first conversations on the sidelines of the 77th UN General Assembly, in which they discussed issues of common interest.

On a visit to the Big Apple, President Yoon held 30-minute informal talks with his Japanese counterpart at a conference building near the UN headquarters, according to the presidential office in Seoul.

These are the first talks between the leaders of both nations in two years and nine months, since the meeting between then-President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Chengdu, China, in December 2019.

At the New York summit, both leaders agreed to form solidarity and cooperate with the international community to uphold shared universal values ​​such as liberal democracy, human rights and the rule of law.

The two sides shared serious concerns about North Korea’s nuclear program, including North Korea’s recent enactment of a law declaring itself a nuclear-weapon state and the possibility of conducting a seventh nuclear missile test, and agreed to work closely with the international community to respond to them, according to the presidential office.

Both leaders agreed on the need to improve bilateral ties by resolving pending issues and, to this end, they decided to continue consultations and speed up dialogue between officials from their Foreign Ministries.

President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida also agreed to maintain communication as leaders of their countries.