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South Korea asked US for help in resolving issues with Japan

  • 23 Nov 2019
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John Sullivan meets Kang Kyung-wha during G20 Foreign Ministers’ meeting in Nagoya on Saturday. Kim Kyung-Hoon/ Reuters

South Korea’s foreign minister asked the United States on Saturday for help in resolving issues with Japan, Seoul’s foreign ministry said in a statement that followed a bilateral meeting at a Group of 20 (G20) meeting.

South Korea’s Kang Kyung-wha met with US Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan at the G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in the central Japanese city of Nagoya, a day after Seoul pulled an intelligence-sharing deal back from the brink.

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Japan’s Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi (R) meets with Kang Kyung-wha (2nd L) in Nagoya on Saturday. Eugene Hoshiko / AFP

Kang and Sullivan also agreed to closely communicate to resolve other matters, including the sharing of defence costs, the foreign ministry said in its statement.

Reuters

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