Wi Sung-lac, head of the Office of National Security, held a briefing at the Osaka Press Center in Japan on the 14th on the outcome of the Korea-Japan summit and said, "We agreed to strengthen cooperation on a humanitarian level regarding historical issues."
The Deputy Minister explained regarding the issue of identifying the remains from the Chosei undersea coal mine flooding accident, which the two leaders described the previous day, that "it was the first major issue raised by Prime Minister Takaichi in the one-on-one meeting," adding, "Prime Minister Takaichi mentioned this issue first."
He added, "This will be the first step toward fulfilling the bereaved families' long-held wish and a clue to addressing historical issues together based on the universal values of human rights and humanitarianism shared by Korea and Japan."
The Deputy Minister said, "We will cooperate on historical issues as they stand, and we will cooperate on tasks for the future as they are, so that the two countries can genuinely become closer."