South Korean and Japanese Vice Ministers of Foreign Affairs "Continued cooperation for denuclearization, peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula"

First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Yun-joo held the 17th Korea-Japan Vice Foreign Ministers Strategic Dialogue with Japanese Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Takehiro Funakoshi in Karuizawa, Japan, on the afternoon of the 2nd.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, during the two-hour strategic dialogue, the two sides exchanged opinions on the situation on the Korean Peninsula and agreed to continue close cooperation for the common goal of denuclearization and peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.

The two Vice Ministers evaluated that Korea-Japan relations are developing stably based on shuttle diplomacy between the leaders, including the Japan-Korea summit held in Nara, Japan in January this year and the Korea-Japan summit held in Andong, Gyeongsangbuk-do in May.

In addition, based on the achievements of shuttle diplomacy so far, we proposed to actively discover cooperative projects that can be experienced by both peoples in various fields, including economic fields such as energy and supply chains, and human exchanges.

Vice Minister Park evaluated the cooperation between the two countries in the process of assessing the remains of the Josei Coal Mine and suggested that the two governments communicate more closely to advance various humanitarian issues, such as the repatriation of the remains.

The two Vice Ministers exchanged extensive opinions on regional and global issues, including US-China relations and the situation in the Middle East, and agreed that the two countries should further strengthen strategic communication under the rapidly changing international situation.

The Korea-Japan Vice Foreign Ministers' Strategic Dialogue is a consultative body between diplomatic authorities that was launched in 2005.