Busan : South Korean President Lee Jae-myung and outgoing Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba affirmed their commitment to the complete denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and to cooperation amid the changing global trade order, during their summit talks held in the southeastern city of Busan.
The two leaders agreed on the need for closer coordination in light of geographical changes and the global trade system, and on expanding cooperation into new areas, including collaboration on Arctic shipping routes.
They also agreed to continue discussions on issues such as low birth rates and an ageing population, balanced national development, agriculture, disaster prevention, and suicide prevention.
Following the talks, the two sides issued a joint document on the operation of consultative groups to address shared social challenges.
