South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol said he agreed with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on the benefits of improving bilateral relations for the economies of the two countries.
Yun said in remarks reported by South Korea's Yonhap news agency that he discussed North Korea's recent ballistic missile launches with Kishida during their phone call, and agreed to respond firmly to nuclear and missile provocations through close trilateral cooperation between their countries and the United States.
He noted that he agrees with Kishida's statements in parliament that South Korea is a partner through which various global issues can be addressed together.
“We shared the understanding that if relations between South Korea and Japan become as good as they were in the past early and the exchange between companies and citizens becomes easy, this will be of great help to the economies of the two countries,” Yun said.
Yun and Kishida spoke for 25 minutes following a series of North Korean missile launches, including one that flew over Japan earlier this week.
The call came weeks after the two leaders held their first summit on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York, which raised hopes for improved bilateral relations that deteriorated sharply over forced labor and other Japan-related issues during the Japanese occupation of the peninsula of Korea 1910-45.
During their call, Yun and Kishida strongly condemned North Korean missile launches as “serious provocative actions,” South Korea’s presidential office said, agreed that their countries should work to respond sternly, and agreed that the regime should be warned that its provocations have consequences.
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