The First Japan-R.O.K. Security Dialogue

June 24, 1998

1. The first Japan-R.O.K. Security Dialogue will be held on June 26 (Fri.) in Seoul.

2. The dialogue will be attended on the Japanese side by Mr. Koreshige Anami, Director-General of the Asian Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Yoshiaki Hotsuki, Defense Councilor of the Director-General's Secretariat of the Defense Agency, and other officials from the Foreign Ministry and the Defense Agency; and on the R.O.K. side by Mr. Moon Bong Ju, Director-General of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Mr. Cha Young Gu, Deputy-Director of the Policy Planning Office of the Ministry of National Defense, and others concerned with foreign affairs and national defense.

3. This dialogue will feature an exchange of views on the security environment surrounding the two countries, and their security and national defense policies.

4. The dialogue is the first of its kind between Japan and the R.O.K. in which foreign affairs and defense authorities will participate.