China News Service, June 15. According to Japanese media reports, on the 14th, a number of Japanese government sources revealed that Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will not meet with South Korean President Yoon Seok-wook during the NATO summit at the end of June.
Data map: Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.
According to reports, the NATO summit will be held in Spain on June 29 and 30, with Fumio Kishida and Yin Xiyue both planning to attend.
Earlier it was reported that Japan and South Korea are likely to hold a summit meeting again after a lapse of two and a half years during the summit. Whether the cold relationship between the two countries can take the opportunity to improve has also become the focus of outside attention.
Data map: South Korean President Yoon Seok-yue.
However, Japanese media said that after Yin Xiyue took office, the South Korean side did not propose a specific solution to the historical issues between the two countries. In addition, the South Korean side’s survey ship was still on the disputed island between Japan and South Korea in late May (the Japanese side called it Takeshima, the South Korean side The Japanese side believes that the time for the summit meeting is not yet ripe.
Since 2019, the relationship between the two countries has fallen to a "freezing point" due to Japan's forced labor force on the Korean peninsula during World War II and a series of trade conflicts.