文大統領、首脳会談呼び掛け＝安倍首相への親書で伝達－韓国外相

　【ソウル時事】韓国の康京和外相は３０日、文在寅大統領が安倍晋三首相に送った親書で「首脳間の対話はいつでも開かれているという立場と、懸案が克服されて韓日首脳が会えれば良いという希望を表明した」と説明し、首脳会談を呼び掛けたことを明らかにした。国会で答弁した。
　親書は、天皇陛下の即位の礼に合わせて訪日した李洛淵首相が、２４日の安倍首相との会談で手渡していた。文大統領が「両国の懸案が早期に解決されるよう努力しよう」と記していたことが既に分かっているが、首脳会談を呼び掛けていた事実を韓国側が公表したのは初めて。（2019/10/30-20:09）

South Korean President Moon Jae-in has expressed his hope to hold a summit with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in a letter delivered to the Japanese leader recently, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said Wednesday.
   In the letter, Moon expressed South Korea's position that Seoul is always open to a summit with Japan and its hope that a meeting between the leaders of the two countries would be held after pending issues are overcome, Kang said at a meeting of the South Korean National Assembly.
   The letter was handed to Abe by South Korean Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon at their meeting in Tokyo last Thursday, which took place during Lee's trip to the Japanese capital to attend a ceremony for Japanese Emperor Naruhito to proclaim his enthronement.
   While it was previously known that Moon called for joint efforts to swiftly resolve issues between the countries in the letter, it is the first time that Seoul revealed he had also called on Abe to hold a summit.
   But Japan is cautious about holding a bilateral summit with South Korea at the moment, with one Foreign Ministry official saying, "If no progress is made between the two leaders, Japan-South Korea relations will truly come to an end."