Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is reportedly coordinating with President Yoon Suk-yeol to hold a summit meeting on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit, which will be held in Washington DC, USA, from the 9th to the 11th (local time), according to foreign media reports.
On the 8th, Japan's Kyodo News, citing diplomatic sources, reported that Prime Minister Kishida is pushing for a meeting with President Yoon.
The NATO summit invited the leaders of the four Indo-Pacific partners (IP4) of NATO: South Korea, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand. Prime Minister Kishida is also known to be pursuing a meeting with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Kyodo News stated, "They intend to exchange views on the East Asian situation, including China, which is strengthening hegemonic behavior, and North Korea, which repeatedly launches ballistic missiles, and discuss cooperation in terms of security."
President Yoon and Prime Minister Kishida will attend the NATO summit's main meeting after the IP4 leaders' meeting on the 11th. It is reported that it has not yet been officially confirmed whether the US-Korea, Korea-Japan, or US-Korea-Japan summit meetings will be held on the sidelines of the NATO summit.
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