Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo and Seoul had agreed to restart mutual visits of state leaders. transmits kyodo According to the agency, such trips were interrupted in 2011 due to the deterioration of relations between the parties.
As noted, Kishida made the relevant statement during a meeting with South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol, who is the first South Korean leader to visit Tokyo since 2019. As part of the talks, the Japanese prime minister told the politician that he was “happy to turn a new leaf” in relations with Seoul.
Tokyo and South Korea have likely agreed to improve relations and resume bilateral talks amid the growing threat from North Korea, including North Korea’s private missile tests, according to Kyodo sources.
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