Japan, South Korea resume finance dialogue amid geopolitical tensions

Japan, South Korea resume finance dialogue amid geopolitical tensions
# 02 May 2023 09:12 (UTC +04:00)

Japan and South Korea held their first finance leaders' meeting in seven years on Tuesday and agreed to resume regular dialogue, as tensions in the region and slowing growth prod them to increase co-operation and mend strained relation, APA reports ciitng Reuters.

The resumption of bilateral financial discussions comes ahead of Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's planned visit to South Korea next week for talks with President Yoon Suk Yeol.

It also came as Asian policymakers, gathering for the annual Asian Development Bank (ADB) meeting this week in the South Korean city of Incheon, discuss regional economic challenges and ways to beef up buffers against various shocks.

Note that Azerbaijan is represented by the delegation led by the Minister of Finance at the meeting of ADB.

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