Minister Kang says U.S. also expressed concerns over Japan's trade restrictions on Seoul
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강경화 "미국도 일본 수출 규제에 많은 우려 갖고 있지만 앞으로 할 역할 다 하겠다"
The foreign ministers of Seoul, Washington and Tokyo held a trilateral meeting.
And it looks like the U.S. will continue make an effort to play the mediator between the two.
For more, we connect live to our foreign affairs correspondent Lee Ji-won who is in Bangkok.
Ji-won fill us in
Daniel, the meeting took place for about thirty minutes today,... and we have details from the meeting from Minister Kang's overall briefing of the whole ASEAN ministerial meetings.
She once again strongly criticized the unfairness of Japan's trade restrictions and expressed regret over Tokyo's decision.
She added that the U.S. also expressed concerns on the issue.
Have a listen.
"The U.S. expressed concerns over the ongoing dispute between South Korea and Japan, stressing that the two sides need to talk in order to solve the problem, while offering to play a role to help resolve the issue."
Minister Kang then said that Seoul will make diplomatic efforts and work with related ministries to counter this issue.
Meanwhile, Ministers Kang and Kono were supposed to have their separate bilateral talks with Secretary Pompeo before the trilateral sitdown, but both of them got canceled due to a schedule delay.
The foreign ministers of Seoul, Washington and Tokyo held a trilateral meeting.
And it looks like the U.S. will continue make an effort to play the mediator between the two.
For more, we connect live to our foreign affairs correspondent Lee Ji-won who is in Bangkok.
Ji-won fill us in
Daniel, the meeting took place for about thirty minutes today,... and we have details from the meeting from Minister Kang's overall briefing of the whole ASEAN ministerial meetings.
She once again strongly criticized the unfairness of Japan's trade restrictions and expressed regret over Tokyo's decision.
She added that the U.S. also expressed concerns on the issue.
Have a listen.
"The U.S. expressed concerns over the ongoing dispute between South Korea and Japan, stressing that the two sides need to talk in order to solve the problem, while offering to play a role to help resolve the issue."
Minister Kang then said that Seoul will make diplomatic efforts and work with related ministries to counter this issue.
Meanwhile, Ministers Kang and Kono were supposed to have their separate bilateral talks with Secretary Pompeo before the trilateral sitdown, but both of them got canceled due to a schedule delay.