Abe departs for China to attend the Japan-China-Korea summit meeting December 23 13:22

Prime Minister Abe has left for China to attend summits between the three countries, including China, Korea and Japan. Prior to this, Prime Minister Abe emphasized the idea of ​​calling for a response to the situation at the scheduled summit meeting between the two countries on the issue of "recruitment."

Prime Minister Abe left Haneda Airport for China on a government aircraft shortly after 1 pm to attend a summit meeting between Japan, China and Korea on March 24.

In conjunction with the summit, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is 23 days in the evening, in addition to meeting with Xi Jinping Jintao in Beijing, the three months the first time in 24 days afternoon Korean Moon Jane (Moon Jae-in) the President and about 1 year We will have a summit meeting.

Prior to his departure, Prime Minister Abe told reporters at the Prime Minister's Office that the Japan-Korea summit meeting said, "Japan-Korea relations remain difficult, but given the security environment in East Asia today, Japan, the United States, Korea, and Japan We recognize that South Korean cooperation is important. "

On the other hand, “The promises between the nations must be kept. The Japan-Korea Claims Agreement is a precondition for normalization of diplomatic relations and forms the basis of Japan-South Korea relations. I would like to convey Japan's way of thinking, including the issues of former workers, "he emphasized, calling for measures to address the situation over the issue of recruitment.

Prime Minister Abe also commented that South Korea's parliamentary chairman submitted a bill to resolve donations from companies and citizens of the two countries to solve the problem of recruitment. I would like to refrain from doing so, but I would like the South Korean side to take action and create opportunities to make Japan-Korea relations sounder. "