S. Korean president holds summit talks with Japanese PM

1/10/2025 7:40

South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held summit talks Tuesday with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in South Korea's southeastern port city of Busan, according to the presidential office.



Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung told a press briefing that the two leaders exchanged views extensively and in depth over ways to strengthen substantial cooperation between the two countries and the need for cooperation in regional and global issues.



Lee and Ishiba welcomed the completion of a so-called shuttle diplomacy by the latter's visit to Busan about a month after the South Korean president's visit to Japan in late August.



They fully shared views over the importance of the bilateral relations, agreeing to continue communications and cooperation based on the renewed "shuttle diplomacy."