President Yoon Holds Summit with Japanese Prime Minister Kishida in Yongsan

Discussion on Regional and Global Cooperation Measures Including Korea-US-Japan Collaboration
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is visiting South Korea on the 26th to attend the Korea-China-Japan summit at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

President Yoon Suk-yeol held a bilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the afternoon of the 26th at the Yongsan Presidential Office.

President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida are scheduled to discuss the situation on the Korean Peninsula, trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan, as well as regional and global cooperation measures including the Indo-Pacific region.

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Strengthening trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the U.S., and Japan to respond to North Korea's nuclear and missile threats remains a key agenda amid ongoing military provocations by North Korea.

Prime Minister Kishida arrived in Korea via Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, to attend the Korea-Japan-China summit.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is greeting Kim Hong-gyun, First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, after arriving in South Korea on the 26th at Seoul Airport in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province to attend the Korea-China-Japan Summit. Photo by Kang Jin-hyung aymsdream@

Prime Minister Kishida's visit to Korea is his first in one year since the Korea-Japan summit held in Seoul last May.

President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida met face-to-face again after about six months since their meeting in San Francisco, USA, on November 16 last year during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit.

On the same day, just before the Korea-Japan summit, President Yoon also held a Korea-China summit with Chinese Premier Li Qiang.

The three leaders will have dinner together that afternoon. The 9th Korea-Japan-China summit, held for the first time in 4 years and 5 months, will take place on the morning of the 27th at the Presidential Office.