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| Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, who is also ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) leader, delivers a speech during an election campaign tour for the July 10, Upper House election, in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan June 24. Reuters-Yonhap |
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Saturday he does not plan to meet South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol during the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit in Spain next week.
"There is no scheduled summit (with Yoon) at the moment. We will think about what step we will take in line with (Japan's) consistent stance (towards Korea-Japan relations)," he told reporters in Tokyo.
The two leaders are set to attend the NATO gathering in Madrid scheduled from June 29-30.
South Korea is not a member of the military alliance but has been invited as a partner nation, along with countries such as Japan, Australia and New Zealand. (Yonhap)
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