First meeting of the foreign ministers of Korea and Japan... Contaminated Water · Past History Neurological Warfare

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Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong met with Japanese Foreign Minister Motegi for the first time after taking office. Considering that Minister Chung did not make a phone call for three months after taking office, it is meaningful in that it opened up the conversation, but there was still a difference in positions on sensitive issues such as contaminated water at nuclear power plants and issues of past history.

This is reporter Kim Hye-young.

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Since the inauguration of Foreign Minister Eui-yong Eui-yong in February, the head of diplomatic affairs between Korea and Japan, who had not even spoken on the phone, met in London, England, for the first time in three months.

In the 20-minute talks held immediately after the Korea-US-Japan talks, Minister Chung and Foreign Minister Motegi agreed on the North Korean nuclear issue, the need for bilateral cooperation for peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia, and agreed to develop future-oriented relations between Korea and Japan. It.

However, opinions differed on the issue of contaminated water in Fukushima, the cause of the conflict between the two countries, and the history of the past.

Minister Chung expressed his deep concern and opposition to the decision to release Fukushima contaminated water without sufficient prior consultation with neighboring countries, and took a very careful approach as contaminated water discharge could pose a potential threat to the health and safety of our people and the marine environment. Asked.

In response, Foreign Minister Motegi expressed concern about the Korean government's response to criticizing the decision to release contaminated water.

In addition, Japanese media reported that the Korean government strongly requested appropriate measures and solutions in relation to the lawsuit for victims of comfort women and forced conscription.

However, Minister Chung emphasized that the issue of past history cannot be solved without proper Japanese recognition of history, and explained our position toward the victims.

The two ministers reaffirmed their willingness for trilateral cooperation in responding to the North Korean nuclear issue at a meeting with the US Secretary of State Blincoln before, but in the press release, we express the denuclearization subject differently as the Korean Peninsula and Japan as North Korea. And so on.