South Korea wishes to expand ties with Japan in various areas, including chips and batteries, as well as global issues, such as climate change, the finance minister said Tuesday, as the two countries gear up to normalize economic ties after several years of trade tensions.

“Japan and South Korea share common values, such as freedom and human rights,” Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said ahead of a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Shunichi Suzuki, on the sidelines of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Incheon, 36 kilometers west of Seoul.

“(As the two countries) take the free trade and market system as the key of their economic management, there are many areas in which the two governments and the private sectors join forces.”

South Korea wishes to expand ties with Japan in various areas, including chips and batteries, as well as global issues, such as climate change, the finance minister said Tuesday, as the two countries gear up to normalize economic ties after several years of trade tensions.

“Japan and South Korea share common values, such as freedom and human rights,” Finance Minister Choo Kyung-ho said ahead of a bilateral meeting with his Japanese counterpart, Shunichi Suzuki, on the sidelines of the 56th Annual Meeting of the Board of Governors of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) in Incheon, 36 kilometers west of Seoul.

“(As the two countries) take the free trade and market system as the key of their economic management, there are many areas in which the two governments and the private sectors join forces.”

Source: Yonhap News Agency