China-Japan-South Korea trilateral summit to take place early next week

On May 23, the South Korean Presidential Office announced that for the first time in four and a half years, the leaders of this country, China and Japan will hold a long-discontinued trilateral summit.

The China-Japan-South Korea trilateral summit will take place on Monday, May 27, in Seoul. (Source: Shutterstock)

Yonhap news agency quoted a press conference by South Korean Deputy National Security Adviser Kim Tae-hyo as saying that President Yoon Suk Yeol will hold talks with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japanese Prime Minister Kishida Fumio on May 27 in Seoul.

In addition, Mr. Yoon Suk Yeol will meet separately with the two prime ministers of China and Japan at the Presidential Office on May 26.

This will be the first trilateral summit between the three Asian countries since December 2019, after a hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic and strained Seoul-Tokyo relations due to historical disputes.

Mr. Kim Tae-hyo said that the summit will cover six areas of cooperation, including economy and trade, sustainable development, health issues, science and technology, safety and disaster management, people-to-people exchanges, and addressing regional and international issues.

The summit will serve as a turning point in restoring and fully normalizing the trilateral cooperation system among South Korea, Japan and China. It will also provide an opportunity to restore the momentum of substantive and future-oriented cooperation, allowing the people of the three countries to feel the benefits.

The leaders are expected to explore cooperation in the economic, trade and health sectors to avoid conflict, as South Korea and Japan have aligned more closely with the United States amid its growing rivalry with China.

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