President Yoon meets with representatives of Japan-Korea and Korea-Japan Friendship Association = South Korea

On the morning of the 13th, South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyul (Yun Seok-yue) attended a meeting with members of the Japan-Korea and Korea-Japan Friendship Association, including Takeo Kawamura, central president of the Japan-Korea Friendship Association, and Yoo Heung-soo, central president of the Korea-Japan Friendship Association.
I met with the delegation. President Yoon marked the 25th anniversary of the announcement of the ``Kim Dae-Jung-Obuchi Joint Declaration'' (1998 Japan-Korea Joint Declaration: New Japan-Korea Partnership for the 21st Century).
As the new year approaches, we celebrate the resumption of the Japan-Korea Joint Friendly Tournament for the first time in five years, and highly appreciate the efforts that the friendship associations of both countries have made to promote civil exchange and friendship between Japan and South Korea. did.
President Yoon went on to say, ``Ever since the COVID-19 virus outbreak, travel and people-to-people exchanges between the two countries have been quickly restored,'' adding, ``This shows that the improvement and development of Korea-Japan relations is precisely the desire of the two peoples.''
This proves that he had the will to do so." He added, ``I'm glad that exchanges between regions are being activated,'' and ``In order to revitalize exchanges between future generations and between regions, the friendship association between the two countries will continue.''
I hope that you will continue to work hard." He went on to say, ``If Korea and Japan, which share values and interests, continue to exchange and cooperate with each other and build up trust, Korea-Japan relations will go beyond the best days of the past.''
``I hope that the friendship associations of both countries will continue to play a role in enhancing mutual understanding between the two peoples and promoting friendly and cooperative relations.''
. The Japan-Korea Friendship Association said, ``The Japanese people are also feeling the effects of improving Japan-Korea relations, and the Friendship Association will continue to focus its efforts on developing Japan-Korea relations.'' Furthermore, ``a vibrant relationship between future generations in both countries''
We need exchanges, and as part of that, I think it would be a good idea to restart and revitalize school trip programs between young people from both countries."