Mr. Kishida invited South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to attend this weekend's G7 summit in Hiroshima as a guest of the group's current president.
In March, Mr. Yoon became the first South Korean president to visit Japan in many years. Then, Mr. Kishida became the first Japanese prime minister to visit South Korea in many years. Now the two men meet again.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul on May 7.
The frequency of such high-level meetings, along with recent policy statements and actions from both sides, shows that they are truly willing and determined to normalize bilateral relations. Not only that, they also share the same perception that the two sides are not only in a situation where they are forced to reconcile with each other and promote relations, but also have a rare favorable premise in both domestic and foreign affairs to be able to successfully operate the reconciliation process together, quickly normalize and strongly promote bilateral cooperation.
In this general context, Mr. Kishida seems to intend to take advantage of the upcoming event of the major multilateral forum in Japan to create new momentum and a new decisive push for strengthening bilateral cooperation between Japan and South Korea. The new glue that binds these two countries is their common interests in many areas, their common concerns about China and North Korea, and their urgent need to strengthen their military alliance with the United States. Therefore, although bilateral, the issue is highly valued in the multilateral forum.
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