"I don't know if Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will participate in the Davos meeting."

South Korea's presidential office said on Thursday that the possibility of meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the Davos meeting in Switzerland was "not easy."

A source close to the presidential office told reporters at the Yongsan presidential office that afternoon about the possibility of a meeting with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. "I am not sure if Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will participate in the Davos meeting," he said, adding, "It is not so easy for leaders to hold separate talks at the Davos meeting."