“The irresponsible statement of senior officials” criticized by the Secretary of the Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea on August 6, 18:44

In connection with the fact that President Moon Jae-in was strongly accused of the export control decision made by the Japanese government, Secretary of the Secretary of the Secretariat said that Korea ’s excessive claim would not be given at all. A spokesman for the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticized that what he indicated was “irresponsible as well as not being in line with international rituals and common sense as a reference to the head of state of the partner country”.

In response to the decision by the Japanese government to exclude South Korea from the preferential countries for export control, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on the 2nd, I could n’t sit down. ”

In connection with this, the cabinet secretary said on the 5th, “The recent Cabinet decision was a review of the operations necessary for the proper implementation of Japan's export control system from the perspective of security. No claims are made at all. "

In this regard, spokeswoman Kim In-cheol of the Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs said at a press conference on the 6th that “the reference to the head of state of the partner country is not only inconsistent with international rituals and common sense, but should also manage Japan-Korea relations. It ’s irresponsible as a senior official. ”

The spokesman Kim also said that the exhibition of the statue of a girl symbolizing the comfort women issue was canceled at the International Art Festival in Aichi Prefecture, “the act contrary to healing the wounds of the victims and restoring their honor. "I expressed regret."