Seoul: The trade minister met with the Japanese ambassador to South Korea on Thursday and discussed ways to strengthen the countries' economic partnership amid growing uncertainties in the global trade environment, officials said.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Trade Minister Yeo Han-koo met with Ambassador Koichi Mizushima in Seoul earlier in the day, as President Lee Jae Myung prepares to visit Japan to hold his first summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba next Saturday.
Yeo emphasized the importance of enhancing practical economic cooperation between South Korea and Japan, as the two nations commemorate 60 years since the normalization of diplomatic relations.
The minister proposed collaboration on stabilizing supply chains and addressing trade-related issues in areas such as artificial intelligence (AI) and climate change.
Furthermore, Yeo suggested fostering communication between the two countries' overseas missions and trade promotion agencies to ensure the successful hosting of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in South Korea, and the Osaka Kansai Expo in Japan this year.