President Lee Jae-myung will visit Nara Prefecture in Japan for two days and one night starting on the 13th and hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi. This will be the second visit to Japan since President Lee took office and the first since the launch of the Takaichi Cabinet.
Deputy Minister Wi held a briefing at the Chunchugwan press center at Cheong Wa Dae on the afternoon of the 9th about President Lee Jae-myung's state visit to Japan on the 13th–14th and stated accordingly.
Deputy Minister Wi said, "At last year's APEC in Gyeongju, during the summit with Prime Minister Takaichi, there was a discussion that 'next time, how about holding shuttle diplomacy in the prime minister's hometown of Nara,' and after that, the Japanese side invited us to Nara, leading to this visit to Japan."
He went on to say, "With this, less than three months after Prime Minister Takaichi took office, following last year's APEC summit in Gyeongju and the G20 Leaders Summit on Finanical Markets and the World Economy in South Africa, the leaders of the two countries will meet for the third time, this time in Nara, Japan."
He added, "This is meaningful in that the leaders of Korea and Japan are realizing reciprocal visits early and will continue shuttle diplomacy by visiting each other frequently."