Off the wire
• Jingdong Group to build China's biggest e-commerce zone  • Italian Serie A standings  • All political parties in Myanmar urged to end campaign  • Tokyo stocks tumble in morning on U.S., China data  • Italian Serie A results  • Climate change first order issue of Australia's pacific neighbours: opposition leader  • Urgent: Park calls for Abe to have summit to cure historical pain  • Xinhua China news advisory -- Nov. 2  • Feature: Searching for Mr or Mrs Wrong - China's sham marriages  • S.Korea, US hold annual defense ministers' meeting in Seoul  
You are here: 　 Home

1st LD Writethru: Park calls for Abe to have summit to cure historical pain

Xinhua, November 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

South Korean President Park Geun-hye called for Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to have talks to cure the pain of history during the first-ever summit meeting between Park and Abe in Seoul, her office said Monday.

"I anticipate that today's meeting becomes a broader and sincere dialogue that can cure the painful history, so it serves as a precious opportunity to develop bilateral relations," Park said during her introductory remarks for the extended summit meeting.

Park and Abe sat down one-one-one for an hour, 30 minutes longer than scheduled before holding the extended meeting attended by officials in charge of economy, security and foreign affairs from both sides that ran about 40 minutes.

Park reiterated her position that Seoul and Tokyo should make a turning point to overcome history and leave for a future together in 2015 as this year marks the 50th anniversary of normalized diplomatic ties between the two countries. Endit