President Yoon's First Korea-Japan Summit Today with Prime Minister Ishiba

President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold his first Korea-Japan summit with Japan's new Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba on the sidelines of the ASEAN summit today.

The presidential office said President Yoon will hold bilateral talks with six countries, including Canada and Australia, including holding a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba in Laos today.

The Korea-Japan summit will be held around the ASEAN + Korea-China-Japan Summit to be held this afternoon, and the first Korea-Japan summit took place nine days after the inauguration of Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba, who took office on the 1st.

A senior presidential official said that the leaders of Korea and Japan are meaningful in continuing the purpose of shuttle diplomacy, and predicted that serious discussions will take place on how to further develop the relationship.

He also explained that the leaders of the two countries will look back on the path of Korea-Japan relations over the past two years and talk about how Korea-Japan relations will start anew next year, which marks the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties.In addition, President

Yoon plans to upgrade the 'strategic partnership' with ASEAN to the 'comprehensive strategic partnership' for the first time in 14 years by attending the ASEAN-Korea Summit.President Yun

will attend the East Asia Summit tomorrow and return home, concluding his six-day tour of three Southeast Asian countries.