Japan, RoK to enhance cooperation in realising six-party deal

25/02/2007 -- 9:01 PM

Tokyo (VNA) - Defence ministers of Japan and the Republic of Korea (RoK) have reaffirmed that their countries will enhance cooperation to realise the agreement reached recently at the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. During their meeting on Feb. 25, RoK Defence Minister Kim Jang Soo stressed the importance of all the parties implementing the accord, especially through cooperation among the RoK, Japan and China , Japan ’s Kyodo News reported. The meeting was the first between the Japanese and RoK defence chiefs in two years since the then Director-General of the Japanese Defence Agency, Yoshinori Ono, visited Seoul in January 2005 to meet with the then RoK Minister of Defence, Yoon Kwang Ung. The Japanese Defence Agency was upgraded into a ministry and its director-general to a minister last month.-Enditem
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