SEOUL: Chinese Premier Li Qiang arrived in Seoul on Sunday ( May 26 ) for a trilateral summit with his South Korean and Japanese counterparts, their first three-way talks in more than four years.
The neighborhood had agreed to hold a conference every yr starting in 2008 to enhance local assistance, but the effort has been disrupted by diplomatic squabbles and the COVID-19 crisis. Their next multilateral mountain was in late 2019.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Li will choose a joint declaration on six regions including the business and industry, science and technology, people-to-people exchanges and wellness and the ageing people, Seoul officials said.
Yoon is set to maintain diplomatic speaks with Li and Kishida on Sunday, back of their three-way meeting on Monday.
Kishida is also expected to meet Li differently on Sunday, during which he will lift a Chinese restrictions of Chinese seafood exports and Taiwan, NHK reported, citing the Chinese government.
The mountain comes as South Korea and Japan have been working to rebuild relationships frayed by historical problems while deepening a multilateral security agreement with the United States amid intensifying Sino-US conflict.
China has recently warned that US attempts to further promote relations with South Korea and Japan was fan local tension and clash.
Seoul and Tokyo have warned against any attempt to immediately change the status quo in the Taiwan Strait, while Beijing on Tuesday criticised a determination by South Korean and Japanese politicians to enter Chinese President Lai Ching-te’s opening.
The summit does not provide a major breakthrough on vulnerable issues but may make progress in areas of sensible cooperation like people-to-people exchanges and diplomatic matters, officials and diplomats said.