Meeting on the way home following NATO meeting
“Korea and Japan must solve past and future problems together”
Regarding the trilateral summit between South Korea, the US and Japan on the 1st, President Yoon Seok-yeol said, “I agree with the principle that it is desirable to resume military and security cooperation, which has been suspended for a long time to respond to the North Korean nuclear program.”
At a press conference held on the plane of Air Force Unit 1 on the way home from attending the NATO summit in Madrid, Spain, President Yoon said, “It is the first time in regarding five years that the three heads of state have discussed the North Korean nuclear response together.” said so.
President Yoon’s remarks that day drew attention as the two countries were recently discussing additional sanctions once morest North Korea. “The details will now be further developed through follow-up discussions between foreign ministers and defense ministers,” he added. When asked regarding a schedule that impressed him during his visit to Spain, President Yoon answered that the summit between Korea, the United States and Japan was “the most important and diplomatically meaningful.”
Regarding measures to improve Korea-Japan relations, President Yoon said, “The past history and the future issues of the two countries should be put on one table and solved together. have,” he said.
In response to a question related to Korea-China relations, President Yoon said, “Participation in the Korea-US-Japan summit and NATO summit does not exclude a specific country,” but “the spirit that we must abide by the universally pursued values and norms.” We have to deal with international issues,” he said.
During this business trip, President Yoon also focused on sales diplomacy in the nuclear power plant and defense industries.
Air Force Unit 1 = Reporter Dongwook Jwa [email protected]