“South Korea and Japan held their first ‘two-plus-two’ vice-ministerial talks between their foreign and defense ministries in Seoul on Thursday to discuss ways to strengthen cooperation on a range of security issues of mutual interest, Seoul’s foreign ministry said.”
“The security policy consultation between the two countries’ foreign and defense authorities had previously been held at the director-general level but has been upgraded to the vice-ministerial level for the first time this year.”
“The two sides also confirmed their shared view on the ‘increasingly grave’ international situation and the growing importance of bilateral cooperation, as well as trilateral cooperation with the United States, and agreed to maintain communication for their development, it said.”