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President Moon, first phone call after Suga’s inauguration
President Moon “Korea-Japan, friend and closest companion”
“Let’s accelerate communication efforts to solve problems in both countries.”
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President Moon Jae-in spoke with the new Japanese Prime Minister, Yoshihide Suga, for the first time by phone to discuss current affairs in both countries and the situation on the Korean peninsula. President Moon said Korea and Japan are friends and partners, and suggested that they make new efforts to solve problems such as compulsory military service. Reporter Na Yeon-soo reports. The first phone call between President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Suga lasted about 20 minutes. President Moon congratulated Suga as prime minister and assessed that both countries are close friends who share values and strategies, and partners who will cooperate for world peace with Northeast Asia. At the same time, with the inauguration of Prime Minister Suga, he proposed to accelerate communication efforts to solve problems in the two countries. The Blue House said Prime Minister Suga also decided to encourage dialogue efforts to resolve the pending issue. In addition, Prime Minister Suga expressed his gratitude for the Korean government’s support for the issue of Japanese hostages, and President Moon also expressed his support for Japan’s efforts, reaffirming his willingness to cooperate closely for the peace process in the Korean peninsula. The two leaders decided to join forces to overcome the Corona 19 crisis. Prime Minister Suga mentioned Korea’s achievements in K-quarantine, and President Moon wished the crown situation to stabilize quickly and the Tokyo Olympics next year to be held successfully. When Prime Minister Suga announced that he hopes to build future-oriented relations between the two countries, attention is being paid to whether the relations between Korea and Japan, which have been blocked so far, will be opened. However, after speaking on the phone, Prime Minister Suga made it clear that there was no change in the existing position by meeting with reporters and saying that he would strongly demand an appropriate response from Korea based on the Japanese government’s consistent position on various issues. . The phone call between President Moon and Prime Minister Suga is also significant because it is a dialogue between the leaders of Korea and Japan in nine months after the Korea-China-Japan summit in December last year. However, as a subtle temperature difference was detected in the announcement of the two countries, it seems that it remains to be seen whether actual relations between Korea and Japan will improve. YTN Na Yeonsu[[email protected]]is.
