Japanese Foreign Minister to visit South Korea Postponed

Japanese Foreign Minister to visit South Korea Postponed
Visit of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Japan Seiji Maehara to South Korea scheduled for this week delayed a day because of domestic problems in Tokyo, according to South Korean Foreign Ministry on Thursday (13 / 1).



Maehara, who is scheduled to be in Seoul on Friday to Saturday, to ask his colleague Kim Sung-Hwan to say his visit will be shortened to one full day on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement. South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-Hwan accept changes to the plan, the statement said. Japanese Foreign Minister's planned visit to South Korea for the first time since he took office in September.

Maehara visits were aimed at improving diplomatic and military relations between the two countries in dealing with emerging threats from North Korea in the context of regional security. The North Korean border bombard an island in late November that killed two marines and two South Korean civilians, and to increase regional tensions.

The South Korean defense leaders and Japan meet in Seoul this week and agreed to increase military cooperation and to encourage the implementation of a number of bilateral discussions to support their military agreement.