President Lee Conducts First Phone Call with Japanese PM

Both leaders may be talking nice now, but we all know how this is going end up:

President Lee Jae-myung expressed his wish to build a mature Korea-Japan relationship in his first phone call with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba, Monday.

According to the presidential office, the two leaders spoke for approximately 25 minutes in their first exchange since Lee took office last week. They reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening bilateral relations and advancing shared national interests. 

“The president expressed his gratitude to the prime minister for congratulating him on his inauguration and emphasized the growing importance of the Korea-Japan relationship amid today’s strategic environment,” presidential office spokesperson Kang Yu-jung said during a press briefing.

Korea Times

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