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Japan's Kishida returns visit to South Korea

07 May 2023 05:46 (UTC +04:00)

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida returned a visit to South Korea's capital on Sunday to meet with President Yoon Suk Yeol in an effort to close disputes that marked the two countries' relations over the past years, APA reports citing Teletrader.

The visit marks the first official trip by a Japanese leader to Seoul in the last several years, and comes amid increased nuclear threats from North Korea and China expanding its dominance in the region. The key topic of their meeting will be tightening cooperation within the framework presented in the recently signed Washington Declaration between South Korea and the United States.

"We have a lot of opportunities to cooperate when it comes to addressing the threat of North Korea and securing a free and open Indo-Pacific," the Japanese Foreign Ministry previously said. Kishida has invited Yoon to join the G7 summit later this month, and is expected to call for trilateral meetings of Japan and South Korea with the United States and China.