Foreign ministers of South Korea and Japan kicked off their meetings in South Korea's southern island of Jeju on Saturday.

South Korean Foreign Minister Song Min-soon and his Japanese counterpart Taro Aso will discuss issues including the latest dispute over Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's remarks earlier this month that there was no evidence to prove the Japanese government forced Asian women into sexual slavery, during the two- day meeting, South Korean officials told local media.

South Korea expressed "deep regrets" over Abe's remarks.

Local media that the two sides are also expected to talk about the six-party talks on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsular, the bilateral ties, and territorial dispute over the South Korean- controlling islets of Dokdo, which Japan also claims sovereignty and calls "Takeshima".

Source: Xinhua