Unification Minister Kwon Youngse meets with top Japanese officials
to explain unification and North Korean policies and discuss ways to
strengthen bilateral cooperation
Minister Kwon Youngse visits
Japan (March 22-25)
Meeting with Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hirokazu Matsuno (March 23)
Minister Kwon, who visited Japan to attend the Japanese Foreign
Ministry’s ministerial-level invitation program, met with Japanese
government officials, politicians, and experts to discuss Seoul-Tokyo
cooperation on unification and North Korean policies.
Meeting with Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi (March 23)
On March 23, Unification Minister Kwon Youngse met with Foreign
Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi and then with Chief Cabinet Secretary
Hirokazu Matsuno to express the Yoon administration’s gratitude to the
Japanese government for supporting the “Audacious Initiative,” and
they decided to strengthen bilateral cooperation on the Korean
Peninsula, including on nuclear, missiles, and abductees issues.
Moreover, on the morning of March 23, Minister Kwon met with Japan’s
former Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide who is set to assume the position
of president of the Korean-Japanese Parliamentarians’ Union, and asked
for Japan’s support, stressing the need for cooperation between the
two nations regarding denuclearization, human rights, humanitarian
assistance, and abductees in North Korea.
Following the meeting, on the evening of March 23, Minister Kwon
held a meeting with Korean residents in Japan, including members of
the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council and Unification Education
Council to explain the Korean government’s policies on unification and
North Korea, and asked for their support and cooperation to further
Korea-Japan ties.
