(20 May 2023)
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Hiroshima, Japan - 20 May 2023
1. Japan Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi greeting South Korea Foreign Minister Park Jin and shaking hands
2. Cutaway of Japan and South Korean flags on table
3. Foreign Minister Park Jin walking towards chair
4. Wide of Hayashi, Jin, officials and translators at talks
5. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yoshimasa Hayashi, Japan's Foreign Minister:
"Over the past year, I have built up a close relationship with you PJ (Park Jin). I would like to take this opportunity to once again express my gratitude to South Korea for its support in evacuating Japanese nationals from Sudan. I would like to work together in the future to make Japan-Korea cooperation even more solid and broad.”
6. Cutaway of Jin listening to Hayashi
7. Cutaway of Hayashi listening to Jin
8. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Park Jin, South Korea Foreign Minister:
"Tomorrow morning the leaders (Yoon and Kishida) will be visiting the Hiroshima Memorial to Korean victims of the atomic bomb and this is the first time it is happening in both countries’ history. I think it will contribute to establishing future-oriented partnership between South Korea and Japan."
9. Wide of section of talks open to press concluding
STORYLINE:
Japan's Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi held talks on Saturday with his South Korean counterpart Park Jin at the G7 summit in Hiroshima.
Ties between Japan and South Korea have rapidly thawed in recent months, largely because of their shared sense of urgency over escalating regional security threats.
During the talks, Hayashi thanked Jin for South Korea's assistance in evacuating Japanese nationals from Sudan during the recent conflict and pledged to "make Japan-Korea cooperation even more solid."
Jin responded by mentioning Sunday's planned visit by South Korean president Yoon to the Hiroshima Memorial to Korean victims of the atomic bomb for the first time.
"I think it will contribute to establishing future-oriented partnership between South Korea and Japan," he added.
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