Don’t change a millimeter! Where is the tough attitude of the Korea-Japan comfort women agreement？
CCTV News:According to the South Korean government’s 5 th news, South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Jing and those who visited the comfort women victims and their families on the same day will concentrate on listening to opinions this week in order to sort out the government’s position on the Korea-Japan Comfort Women Agreement with the victims as the center. According to Japanese media reports, in response to South Korean President Moon Jae in’s statement on the 4th that the South Korea-Japan "comfort women" agreement violated the principle of truth and justice, the Japanese government protested to the South Korean Foreign Ministry.
According to Yonhap News Agency, Kang Jinghe mainly interviewed the victims who did not attend the presidential luncheon on the 4th. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs began to sort out the official position on the issue of the abolition and renegotiation of the comfort women agreement, and the opinions reflected by the injured party Kang Jinghe will be reflected in the official position. The day before, South Korean President Moon Jae in invited eight comfort women victims to lunch in Cheongwadae. Moon Jae in said that the "Korea-Japan Comfort Women Agreement" reached in 2015 not only violated the truth and justice, but also ignored the victims’ opinions, procedures and contents. Feeling guilty that the government reached such an agreement, he apologized to the victims as president.
Japan protested that it would not renegotiate.
In response, Japan’s Kyodo News Agency quoted several Japanese Foreign Ministry officials as saying on the 5th that Japan protested to the South Korean Foreign Ministry through the Japanese Embassy in South Korea. The Japanese side criticized Moon Jae in for saying that the consensus reached between South Korea and Japan on the issue of comfort women was wrong and unacceptable. At the same time, it is pointed out that if the consensus is revised, Japan-ROK relations will become uncontrollable, and the ROK is once again required to fulfill the consensus. Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide also reiterated Japan’s position that it does not agree to renegotiate.
Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Suga Yoshihide"This is a commitment between countries, so as I said, the Japanese government will not waver in this Japan-South Korea agreement."
Many Japanese government officials have always taken a tough stance on maintaining the "Korea-Japan Comfort Women Agreement" reached in 2015, saying that if the consensus is revised, Japan-ROK relations will be "uncontrollable", and Abe even privately said that "1 mm will not be changed". The South Korean Foreign Minister said that he would collect opinions, consider the issue of keeping or abolishing the comfort women agreement, and then announce his official position.
Commentator Hong Lin:"The comfort women agreement reached between Korea and Japan has largely fulfilled Japan’s wish. Therefore, Abe really does not want this agreement to be abolished, and hopes that it can be preserved. The issue of comfort women has always been a major obstacle to the development of relations between South Korea and Japan. Such a comfort women’s agreement reached between South Korea and Japan in 2015 has made Japan feel great hope, and it seems that the relationship between South Korea and Japan has a great foundation for future development. However, Japan is also very aware that although it is firmly opposed, the agreement may not be preserved just because it is firmly opposed. Therefore, Japan will also be prepared on the other hand, and what will happen if it renegotiates. This time, it is also using the so-called consensus to put pressure on the South Korean side and accumulate chips for reopening negotiations in the future. If the South Korean government abrogates the agreement and starts negotiations again, it will be a scoring option for the Moon Jae in government. For the Korean government, the abolition of the agreement is a high probability event. "