Japan and South Korea held the "Japan-South Korea Security Dialogue" at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs today (17th) to exchange views on the issue of dealing with North Korean missiles.

The South Korean delegation is on the left and the Japanese delegation is on the right.

(Reuters)

[Instant News/Comprehensive Report] The normalization of relations between Japan and South Korea is accelerating!

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk-yue held the first bilateral summit meeting in 12 years in the middle of last month, establishing a consensus on "shuttle diplomacy". At that time, it was reported that the two countries may resume the "Japan-South Korea Security Dialogue" (hereinafter referred to as Japan-Korea Security Dialogue).

Today (17th) the two sides held the "Japan-South Korea Security Dialogue" at the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs to exchange views on the North Korean missile issue and accelerate the process of normalizing bilateral relations.

According to comprehensive foreign media reports, the "Japan-South Korea Security Dialogue" was last held in Tokyo in March 2018. This is the 12th time, and it is also the restart of the dialogue after 5 years. The Japanese participants include Funakoshi, director of the Asian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Jianyu, Deputy Director of the Defense Policy Bureau of the Ministry of Defense Atsushi Ando, ​​etc. South Korea included Xu Minting, Director of the Asia-Pacific Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and Woo Kyung-seok, Deputy Director of International Policy of the Ministry of National Defense. The two sides discussed cooperation in response to the threat of North Korean missiles. Exchange of views on national defense policy cooperation and other matters.

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Foreign media pointed out that the "Japan-South Korea Security Dialogue" was held based on the agreement reached by the foreign ministers of the two sides in 1997, and the first dialogue was held in the following year (1998). By 2018, a total of 11 dialogues were held. Due to the rapid cooling of labor claims and trade issues, the "Japan-South Korea Security Dialogue" was also suspended. Now that the dialogue has resumed, although the level of the dialogue mechanism has not reached the ministerial level, it still has certain significance for the normalization of bilateral relations.