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(Bloomberg) — President Joe Biden has met with the leaders of South Korea and Japan on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Madrid, in the first such meeting since 2017 as he tries to freeze ties between the two main U. S. allies.
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Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said strengthening cooperation between the countries is key to addressing the challenges, North Korea’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The comments came even as his relationship with South Korea’s new president, Yoon Suk Yeol, remains cold.
The day before, Kishida and Yoon spoke for minutes at a dinner hosted Tuesday by Spain’s King Philip, their governments said, a rare verbal exchange between neighbors who disagree about their shared history and haven’t had an official summit since 2019.
Kishida told Yoon he hoped South Korea’s leader would try to repair “extremely severe” relations, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said. “seeking” a path to temporarily resolve bilateral issues once the July 10 vote for Japan’s upper space is over, Yoon’s office said in a statement.
It was their first face-to-face verbal exchange as leaders. There are no plans for either to have formal bilateral talks at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization summit. They are willing to show their alliance with the military as it tries to help Ukraine. in its war against the invasion of Russian forces and promote security cooperation between Europe and Asia-Pacific.
The two men also rubbed shoulders at the first four-way assembly with their Counterparts from Australia and New Zealand, in which they agreed that security in Europe and the Indo-Pacific cannot be separated, Japan’s Foreign Ministry said.
Yoon, a conservative who took office in May, said he seeks to repair ties with Japan and supported regional security policies in line with those of the Kishida government. It’s a welcome move for Biden, who has tried to build unity with both The United States. As his administration seeks to counter authoritarian moves in Beijing and Pyongyang that have shaken regional security.
In December 2019, then-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe held a 45-minute assembly with Yoon’s predecessor, President Moon Jae-in, in Chengdu, China. stress resolution.
Abe’s successor, Yoshihide Suga, had a brief verbal exchange with Moon in June 2021 at the Group of Seven assembly in the UK, they never had an official summit.
The White House called the summit “historic” and said Biden underscored America’s unwavering commitment to protecting both nations. The last time there was a tripartite summit between the United States, Japan and South Korea was in September 2017 on the sidelines. of the U. N. General Assembly meeting, the presidential office in Seoul said.
Disputes rooted in a war of words over whether Japan showed enough regret for its 1910-1945 colonial rule on the Korean peninsula hurt trade. Nuclear weapons check since 2017.
(U. S. updates from the first paragraph)
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