South Korean Foreign Minister comments on President Yoon's plan to visit Japan within the year

Minister of Foreign Affairs Park Jin dismissed the visit to Japan by President Yoon Seo-gyeol on the 28th, saying, "No decision has been made." On top of that, he revealed that "conditions need to be adjusted" for the reunion of shuttle diplomacy between Japan and South Korea.

On the same day, Minister of Foreign Affairs Park attended the "Japan-Korea International Cooperation Promotion and Relations Improvement Plan Seminar" hosted by the Japan-Korea Friendship Association Central Committee at the Seoul Press Center. After that, in response to media interviews, he answered questions about President Yoon's "plan to visit Japan by the end of the year".

Park said, "We will continue to make efforts to restore shuttle diplomacy." It is possible if the conditions are adjusted," he said.

"It is important to prepare solutions to outstanding issues and create an environment in which Japan-South Korea relations can be resolved," he said.