South Korea is open to a summit with Tokyo but demands Japan first take sincere steps on historical issues to create the right conditions for talks to produce substantial results, a spokesman for South Korean President Park Geun-hye said Monday.

"There is no reason for us to refuse to hold dialogue if Japan shows a sincere attitude and creates the conditions where constructive dialogue is possible," Min Kyung-wook told reporters, according to Yonhap News Agency. "Our government believes it is important to hold dialogue where productive results can be made.

"In order to create the conditions where productive dialogue is possible, Japan should take sincere steps on the issue of historical perception and other matters of the past," Min said, with elaborating on what "sincere steps" would mean.