Leaders of China, Japan, South Korea meet for first time since 2019
Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will meet from Monday in Seoul for their first trilateral talks since 2019, the South's Yonhap news agency reported on Thursday.
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The three-way summit will bring together South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, Yonhap said.
The news was confirmed by other South Korean media outlets, which cited the country's presidential office.
The first three-way summit took place in 2008, and the three Asian countries had agreed to hold such a meeting between their leaders every year. This has not happened since 2019, mainly due to restrictions imposed by China because of the covid-19 pandemic.
Efforts to strengthen cooperation between the Asian neighbors have faced obstacles such as historical disputes over Japan's wartime occupation during World War II and strategic competition between China and the United States, which is an ally of both Seoul and Tokyo.
On May 14, South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yu visited Beijing, where he met with his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, who lamented the "difficulties and challenges" affecting the relationship between the two countries.
Stressing that "there are no fundamental conflicts of interest" between the two sides, Wang emphasized the importance of maintaining "regular exchanges" between the two neighboring countries.
According to the same note, Cho Tae-yul expressed hope that this visit would be a "significant step" in relations between South Korea and China.
The two ministers also exchanged views on trilateral cooperation between China, Japan and South Korea.
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