Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon said yesterday about the prospect of meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. "The goal is to create an atmosphere that promotes maximum dialogue," he said.

The Prime Minister, who is visiting Japan, met with reporters at the lobby of the New Otani Hotel in the early morning of the hotel after attending a palace banquet held in the royal palace of the previous evening.

"I already know what's going on, but it's not dramatic words," he said. "Especially with Prime Minister Abe, there's no specific story."

The meeting is scheduled to be '10 minutes + α ', and it is a meeting between the prime ministers of Abe and the delegation. Solved in the sense that there is a limit to the mention.

Mr. Lee said, "I don't want to talk first." (If you don't speak Japanese first, you can't explain the blind spot of the proposal or why it is unacceptable in Korea.) I will be there. "

"That's it, I can't go to the point of consensus," he added.

Mr. Lee met with Prime Minister Abe at the court banquet, saying he shook hands and said goodbye.

Prime Minister Abe stood outside and shook hands with the guests, and in the process he greeted the prime minister.

According to the prime minister, Abe first said, "Let's meet the day after day."

Mr. Abe said, "It's been a long time." He also introduced his wife who was standing next to him.

Lee said "it was okay" for a short conversation with Prime Minister Abe. "It was relatively bright, but not for a long time."

Lee and Abe have met many times in the past, both privately and publicly.

The prime minister said to King Naruhito, whom he met at the banquet, "I'm glad to see you again since I saw you in Brazil last March."

The two had a conversation at the time of the Brazil World Water Forum, and this is their second meeting.

Mr. Lee said, "See you again," after he broke up with King Naruhito, and said that King Naruhito said, "Be healthy."

The conversation with the King was held in Japanese because there was no interpretation in the market.
He also told reporters about his relationship with King Naruhito's father-in-law, Hisashi Owada.

Mr. Owada, who was an ambassador to the United Nations, was the member of the Prime Minister's office when he served as Japan's chairman of the Japan-Korea Forum.

Mr. Lee interviewed three privately, including political, academic, and media officials, the day before, and said there would be additional private interviews during his visit to Japan.

He said, "There are times when you don't want to be open to the public. For example, people who say they have to" have a good relationship with Japan and Japan "are in a humiliation. I will do it. "

Lee met personally with Japanese entrepreneurs who visited Seoul denied some media reports that Lee had contacted a Japanese company to visit Japan to convince the government to participate in reimbursement. I explained it, but I did not contact the company.

"What's not in the Japanese economy or in the region? Newspapers have begun to report how export control decisions have been made," said Mr. Abe. Is ".

The Japanese government is feeling the need for dialogue with Korea, as the aftermath of the government's export restrictions has been highlighted in Japan, and the impact on the local economy is adversely affected.

(Photo: provided by the Cabinet Office, Yonhap News)