Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, left, shakes hands with Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi after their talks at Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Gyeongju, Oct. 29, 2025. Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Minister Cho Hyun has met with his Japanese counterpart, Toshimitsu Motegi, in Turkey and discussed ways to bolster bilateral ties and trilateral cooperation also involving the United States, Seoul's foreign ministry said Wednesday.
The meeting took place Tuesday (local time) in Ankara on the sidelines of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) summit and also followed a three-way meeting of the top diplomats of Seoul, Washington and Tokyo, according to the ministry.
At the meeting, Cho and Motegi pledged to deepen bilateral ties and expand cooperation between their countries, the ministry said.
They also pointed to the "shuttle diplomacy" between the two nations' leaders as a driving force behind collaboration across multiple sectors and agreed to build on that momentum so citizens of both countries feel the benefits more directly.
