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Prime Minister Lee Nak-yeon met with Japanese Prime Minister Abe yesterday. The two men shared the perception that they could not negotiate more relations between Korea and Japan, but they still remained on issues.

Clinic reporter reports.

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The prime ministers agreed that the two Koreas could not negotiate further deterioration in the first-ever high-level talks and 21-minute meetings scheduled for the first time since the Supreme Court condemnation in October last year.

A letter from President Moon Jae-in was sent to Korea to try to resolve the issues early on.

However, he had a nerve war on issues such as reimbursement.

When Abe presses that cross-border commitments must be kept, the prime minister has complied with the Japan-Japan billing agreement and is expected to do so.

[Lee Nak-yeon / Prime Minister: The situation is still very difficult. But compared to when I was on this plane two days ago, I'm a little bit more hopeful now.]

Mr. Lee also expressed hopes for a summit meeting, assuming improved relations.

[Lee Nak-yeon / Prime Minister: I briefly shared my expectations. No time, no place, no place.]

The government foresaw that the talks between the two countries will be active.

In terms of 'conversational atmosphere', the results were successful, but it is still too early to talk about improving relations.

Japanese media say they ran parallel to the issue of recruitment, a key issue.