Japan-S. Korea summit plans still under cloud
- Published: 22 Aug 2012 at 11.48
- Online news: Asia
Japan is to send its envoy back to South Korea, more than a week after recalling him in an island dispute, but is still considering whether to hold an expected summit, the government said Wednesday.
File photo shows a South Korean Navy destroyer sailing near a group of islets in the Sea of Japan (East Sea), known as Dokdo in Korean and Takeshima in Japanese. Japan is to send its envoy back to South Korea, more than a week after recalling him in an island dispute, but is still considering whether to hold an expected summit, the government said Wednesday.
"We have not decided yet on it," Japanese Foreign Minister Koichiro Gemba told reporters, asked if Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda was planning to hold talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum next month.
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