Japan-Korea foreign ministers meet to exchange positions on comfort women trial verdict = South Korean report

The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea held a meeting in Busan, South Korea, on the 26th, and discussed outstanding issues in both countries, including the successful ruling in the appeals court in a lawsuit seeking compensation for former comfort women.
South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin held a talk for approximately 85 minutes at a hotel in Busan that morning with Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa, who was visiting South Korea to participate in the Japan-China-South Korea Foreign Ministers' Meeting.
It was. The foreign ministers of Japan and South Korea exchanged their positions on the ruling handed down by the Seoul High Court on the 23rd of this month in favor of the appeals court in a lawsuit filed by former comfort women against the Japanese government seeking compensation for damages.
On the day the ruling was handed down, the Japanese government strongly protested and demanded that the South Korean government take "appropriate measures to correct the violation of international law."
Foreign Minister Kamikawa reiterated Japan's position to Foreign Minister Park, who responded, ``
"We respect the 2015 South Korea-Japan comfort women agreement as an official agreement between the two countries," reaffirming the South Korean government's position. After the meeting, an official from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) told reporters, ``I don't agree with the agreement.
``Both countries must make efforts to restore the honor and dignity of the former comfort women, and China and China must continue to strive for a constructive and future-oriented relationship.''
(Foreign Minister Park) said, 'No.' The South Korean government's position of ``respecting the 2015 agreement'' is that ``once we should make use of the content of the agreement,''
The main idea is to seek solutions within the framework of the current situation. When asked, “Do you think former comfort women have a legal right to receive compensation for damages?” an official from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs answered, “
The emphasis is on ``both countries making efforts to restore the honor and dignity of the former comfort women,'' and ``the main idea is that ``the two countries should continue to communicate on this issue.''
Ta. Today's meeting was extended by 25 minutes from the originally scheduled 60 minutes. As the Japan-South Korea talks dragged on, the next scheduled China-South Korea foreign ministers' meeting started with a slight delay.
An official from South Korea's Ministry of Foreign Affairs commented on the atmosphere of the meeting, saying, ``Rather than a prolonged battle between the two sides, the two foreign ministers discussed each other's evaluation of cooperation on various issues and the direction they should take.
``There was no controversy,'' the statement said.