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關鍵詞:South Korea PM Lee
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MR LEE ALSO THANKED MR MOON FOR HOSTING THE ASEAN-ROK COMMEMORATIVE SUMMIT WHICH WILL BE HELD NEXT WEEK AND 「STEADFASTLY」 IMPLEMENTING HIS 「NEW SOUTHERN POLICY」, WHICH AIMS TO CULTIVATE RELATIONS WITH ASEAN AND INDIA AS KEY PARTNERS. IT "FITS IN VERY CLOSELY" WITH ASEAN』S DESIRE TO DEEPEN AND ENHANCE ITS STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SOUTH KOREA, HE SAID.
THE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE IN CONJUNCTION WITH A MEETING ON SATURDAY (NOV 23) BETWEEN SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT MOON JAE-IN AND PRIME MINISTER LEE HSIEN LOONG AT THE PRESIDENTIAL BLUE HOUSE, WHERE BOTH LEADERS WELCOMED THE GROWING COOPERATION BETWEEN SOUTH KOREA AND SINGAPORE.
MR LEE NOTED THAT IN A GLOBALISED AND INTEGRATED WORLD, COUNTRIES COOPERATE EXTENSIVELY WITH ONE ANOTHER THROUGH TRADE AGREEMENTS, SUCH AS THE NORTH AMERICAN FREE TRADE AGREEMENT (NAFTA) IN THE AMERICAS AND THE REGIONAL COMPREHENSIVE ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP (RCEP) BETWEEN ASEAN AND CHINA, JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND.
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE, RIGHT, AND HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPART LEE NAK-YON IN TOKYO ON THURSDAY. PHOTO: KYODO
EARLIER IN THE MORNING, PM LEE HAD ALSO CALLED FOR THE DEEPENING OF COOPERATION BETWEEN ASEAN AND ITS PLUS THREE PARTNERS - CHINA, JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA - TO STRENGTHEN THE REGION"S ABILITY TO RESPOND TO ANY RECESSION OR FINANCIAL CRISIS.
TURNING TO POLITICAL COOPERATION, PM LEE NOTED THAT WHILE STEADY PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE ON NEGOTIATING A CODE OF CONDUCT (COC) FOR THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, ALL PARTIES HAD TO "EXERCISE SELF-RESTRAINT AND AVOID MISHAPS AND MISCALCULATIONS THAT COULD RESULT IN MANY UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES". HE EXPRESSED HOPE THAT ONGOING ISSUES LIKE THE SITUATION IN MYANMAR"S RAKHINE STATE, THE KOREAN PENINSULA AND HONG KONG WILL BE RESOLVED WITH SUPPORT FROM ASEAN AND ITS PARTNERS.
SPEAKING AT A FORUM ON AIR POLLUTION AND CLIMATE CHANGE, LEE ALSO EXPRESSED HOPE THAT SOUTH KOREA, CHINA AND JAPAN COULD VIBRANTLY WORK TOGETHER FOR POLICY AND TECHNOLOGY COOPERATION IN TERMS OF PARTICULATE MATTER.
PM LEE DECLINED TO COMMENT ON THE SPECIFIC SUGGESTIONS JAPAN OFFERED TO SOUTH KOREA. EARLIER REPORTS SAID SOUTH KOREA SUGGESTED THE IDEA OF CREATING A JOINT FUND WITH THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT, JAPANESE AND SOUTH KOREAN COMPANIES TO COMPENSATE SURVIVING SOUTH KOREAN VICTIMS OF WARTIME FORCED LABOR.
THERE MIGHT BE A SURPRISE AT THE BANGKOK SUMMIT IF THE LEADERS OF JAPAN AND SOUTH KOREA DECIDE TO MEET TO MEND FENCES. BOTH COUNTRIES HAVE INDICATED THAT THEY WANT TO IMPROVE THEIR RELATIONS. AT THE RECENT ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONY OF JAPANESE EMPEROR NARUHITO, SOUTH KOREAN PRIME MINISTER LEE NAK-YON MET WITH JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER SHINZO ABE, RAISING THE PROSPECT OF A FUTURE SUMMIT BETWEEN THEM. IN AUGUST, THEIR FOREIGN MINISTERS MET IN BANGKOK, BUT THE MOOD WAS NOT AMIABLE.
ACCORDING TO THE SOUTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT, LEE RESPONDED, SAYING, "SOUTH KOREA HAS RESPECTED AND COMPLIED WITH THE 1965 CLAIM AGREEMENT, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO." HE ADDED THAT "BOTH COUNTRIES CAN GATHER WISDOM AND OVERCOME THE CURRENT DIFFICULTIES."

 

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