South Korean President Lee Jae-myung held a summit meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru on September 30 in Busan, a port city on South Korea’s southeastern tip. Days before Ishiba’s departure, the two leaders reaffirmed the importance of strengthening relations between South Korea and Japan amid the rising leverage of North Korea and the emerging trilateral China-North Korea-Russia in the region.
“This summit is truly the epitome of shuttle diplomacy,” Lee was quoted as saying in local media reports.
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