Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya became the first Japanese top diplomat to visit South Korea in nearly seven years on Monday, holding talks with his counterpart in Seoul on bilateral and trilateral cooperation just a week before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is due to take office.
Iwaya met with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul, with Cho looking to reassure Iwaya of the government’s stability and its commitment to bilateral ties in the wake of the political chaos unleashed by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment over his short-lived bid to martial law declaration.
South Korea and Japan remain committed to “unwaveringly” developing bilateral ties under any circumstances, Cho told a news conference after the talks, with the two sides agreeing to continue to deepen cooperation across a number of areas.
