Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will go to Seoul on Sept. 6-7 for a summit with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, Yoon’s workplace stated on Tuesday.
The leaders will assessment progress on their efforts to step up cooperation between the international locations and talk about methods to deepen their partnership forward of Kishida’s resignation this month, Yoon’s workplace stated.
“Either side will look again on the achievements of cooperation they’ve made by way of 11 rounds of summits and talk about the long run course of improvement of bilateral, regional and world cooperation,” it stated in a press release.
Since taking workplace in 2022, Yoon has made it a diplomatic precedence to fix ties with Japan and enhance safety cooperation to deal with North Korea’s navy threats, bringing a few thaw in usually icy relations between the neighbors.
Yoon’s outreach has additionally paved the best way for South Korea, Japan and the US to strengthen trilateral safety cooperation, culminating in a historic summit between the three leaders in Camp David final yr.
Kishida has introduced he’ll step down in September selecting to finish a three-year time period marred by political scandals and rising prices of residing. Yoon stated final week that cooperation with Japan and the US would proceed regardless of imminent change in leaders in Tokyo and Washington.
Kishida is anticipated to supply constructive recommendation for his successor on overseas coverage and future improvement of bilateral ties primarily based on his expertise, Yoon’s workplace stated within the assertion.