SEOUL, Aug 13 — South Korean President Lee Jae Myung will visit Japan from Aug 23 to 24 for summit talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba to discuss bilateral relations and their trilateral partnership with the United States (US), the presidential office said Wednesday.
According to Yonhap news agency, Presidential spokesperson Kang Yu Jung said Lee will travel to Japan before heading to Washington for his first summit with US President Donald Trump on Aug 25.
The trip will be Lee’s first to Japan since taking office in early June and his second in-person meeting with Ishiba, following talks on the sidelines of the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Canada in June.
