South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan from August 23-24 for a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Lee’s office announced Wednesday.
During the two-day visit, the leaders are expected to discuss ways to enhance regional peace and strengthen trilateral cooperation with the United States, according to Lee’s spokesperson Kang Yoo-jung. The exact date of the summit has not been specified, News.Az reports, citing Reuters.
Lee and Ishiba previously met on the sidelines of a G7 meeting in Canada in June, where they pledged to deepen bilateral ties despite historical tensions stemming from Japan’s colonial rule of the Korean peninsula from 1910-1945. The summit comes as both countries navigate challenges related to U.S. tariffs and precedes Lee’s scheduled meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump on August 25.
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