South Korea, China, and Japan hold high-level talks.

SGGP 28/09/2023 06:22

Diplomats from South Korea, China, and Japan held a high-level meeting in Seoul, South Korea, to discuss trilateral cooperation and explore the possibility of resuming the long-stalled summit between the leaders of the three countries.

The first trilateral summit among Northeast Asian neighbors was held in December 2008; it has been stalled since 2019 due to a dispute between South Korea and Japan over a South Korean court ruling on Japan's compensation for wartime forced labor and the subsequent COVID-19 pandemic.

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin poses for a photo with Japanese Senior Vice Foreign Minister Takehiro Funakoshi, Chinese Assistant Foreign Minister Nong Rong, and South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Chung Byung Won before a trilateral meeting on September 25. Photo: REUTERS

Discussions about the need to restore trilateral high-level diplomacy emerged after relations between Seoul and Tokyo thawed with President Yoon Suk-yeol's leadership of South Korea last May.

As the current chair of the trilateral cooperation mechanism, South Korea is striving to hold a South Korea-China-Japan summit this year.

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/han-trung-nhat-hoi-dam-cap-cao-post707401.html