Korean media: South Korea and Japan held a video conference of the foreign affairs directors failed to narrow their differences

　　China News Service, June 25, according to Korea International Radio, according to the information released by South Korea and Japan, on the 24th, Kim Dinghan, director of the Asia Pacific of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea, and Naraki Takizaki, director of the Asian Oceania of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, held a video The meeting discussed issues such as Japan’s export restrictions on South Korea and the history of Japan’s forced recruitment of South Korean labor, but failed to narrow the differences in position.

　　Japan denied the history of the forced recruitment of Korean laborers at the exhibition of industrial sites such as Naval Ship Island. Kim Ting-han expressed strong regrets and protests at the meeting and asked Japan to make corrections.

　　Prior to this, the Japanese government had applied for 23 industrial facilities including the Nakanjima Coal Mine where hundreds of Korean laborers had performed compulsory labor. On the 15th of this month, it opened a showroom in Shinjuku, Tokyo, to introduce related properties. When Japan applied in 2015, it said that it would take appropriate measures to commemorate the victims of forced labor, but the exhibition hall displayed testimony and materials that denied the history of forced labor.

　　The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent a letter to the Director-General of UNESCO on the 22nd of this month, asking the organization to provide active assistance, considering removing the relevant facilities from the "World Heritage List", and signing a decision urging Japan to faithfully implement follow-up measures.

　　In this regard, Takizaki Naruki countered that Japan has been implementing the resolutions and recommendations of the World Heritage Committee and cannot accept the ROK’s claims.

　　Kim Dinghan also stated on the issue of export restrictions that the South Korean side has made comprehensive improvements to the three major export control issues such as the suspension of the South Korea-Japan policy dialogue proposed by Japan and the lack of control of conventional Korean arms, and urged Japan to withdraw its export restrictions as soon as possible. However, Takizaki Chengshu said that Japan deeply regrets the ROK’s request to form an expert group in the WTO, and hopes that the ROK can stop the WTO prosecution process and return to dialogue.

　　The South Korean court recently made a decision to serve the Japanese war criminal’s asset seizure decision documents in Korea, and Takizaki Seki emphasized that it should avoid the realization of assets, which will lead to serious consequences. Since the incident is the responsibility of the Korean side, The Japanese asked the South Korea to come up with a solution.

　　However, South Korea and Japan still decided to maintain communication on related issues and maintain close information exchange and cooperation on the new coronavirus epidemic.