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*Aso, Lee agree to enhance cooperation to overcome financial crisis*
FUKUOKA, Dec. 13 KYODO
*Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso* and *South Korean President Lee
Myung Bak* agreed Saturday to step up cooperation to overcome the global
financial crisis and acknowledged a bilateral currency swap agreement to
help stabilize foreign exchange rates, Japanese government officials said.
In the talks held just ahead of the trilateral summit in Dazaifu,
Fukuoka Prefecture, which also involves Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, the
Japanese and South Korean leaders expressed ''regret'' over the lack of
cooperation from North Korea in verifying its denuclearization process
during the recent six-party talks in Beijing, the officials said.
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