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| Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong, left, and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi pose for a photo after holding bilateral talks in London, in this May 5 file photo. Korea Times file |
No decision has been made yet on whether Korea’s foreign minister will hold talks with his Japanese counterpart on the sidelines of a U.N. meeting in New York, a government official said Sunday.
The South Korean foreign ministry official made the remarks after Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper reported South Korean Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and his Japanese counterpart Toshimitsu Motegi may hold bilateral talks on the sidelines of the 76th U.N. General Assembly later this month.
The official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, confirmed Seoul and Japan have pushed for a bilateral meeting between Chung and Motegi, but said, “No decision has been made.”
In May, Chung and Motegi held bilateral talks in Britain.
South Korea and Japan have been caught in a protracted row over Japan’s wartime forced labor and sexual slavery of Koreans, as well as politically motivated export curbs. (Yonhap)
No decision yet on FM talks with Japan in New York: Korean official
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