South Korean government: ”Telephone talk between leaders of Japan and South Korea today...Continuing close communication”

South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a telephone conversation in the evening of the 17th. The Mainichi Shimbun reported on the 17th that the Japanese side proposed a telephone conversation between the leaders of Japan and South Korea.
In his phone call with President Yoon Seok-yeol, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is scheduled to discuss deepening trilateral cooperation among Japan, the United States and South Korea, which he recently agreed to with U.S. President Joe Biden.
The Mainichi Shimbun reported that although South Korea's ruling party suffered a crushing defeat in the parliamentary elections on the 10th, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida intends to continue to improve Japan-South Korea relations based on his personal relationship of trust with President Yoon Seok-yeol.
The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (equivalent to the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs) said, "The Japanese side received a call from Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on his visit to Japan.
"I have proposed a telephone conversation between the leaders to share the U.S. findings," he said, adding, "The two leaders agree to continue to stay in close communication at all times."