Japan, China, S. Korea to Seek Trilateral Summit by Year-End

   Tokyo, March 21 (Jiji Press)--The foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea are expected to agree at a meeting in Tokyo on Saturday to speed up coordination to hold a trilateral summit by the end of this year at the earliest, informed sources said Friday.
   In principle, the three Asian countries hold a trilateral summit once a year, but it has often been postponed due to deteriorating relations. The last three-way summit, held in Seoul last May, was the first in about four and a half years.
   Ahead of Saturday's meeting, Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul at the prime minister's office on Friday evening.
   "Both countries are extremely important neighbors," Ishiba said. "We hope to build future-oriented cooperative relations through dialogue, including on pending issues."
   Japanese Foreign Minister Takeshi Iwaya hosted a dinner for his Chinese and South Korean counterparts on Friday.

(2025/03/21-21:15)

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