MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The negotiations on the pact began in 2012, but stopped as the opposition parties in Japan objected to the deal. After the two first rounds of the talks reopened in November, Tokyo and Seoul reportedly agreed on a few major points, including the prohibition to supply third parties with intelligence information without each other's approval and the necessity to inform the other party if the information has been compromised in any way.
"South Korea and Japan will hold a third round of working-level talks for the signing of the General Security of Military Information Agreement (GSOMIA) in Tokyo on Monday," the source was quoted as saying by the Yonhap news agency.
Opposition parties in Korea were reportedly dissatisfied with the agreement as they would like Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe to apologize for Japan's wartime transgressions.
The deal is supposed to help South Korea and Japan keep in check North Korea's aggression and facilitate the exchange of information on Pyongyang's nuclear and missile programs.
