S. Korea, China, Japan to Hold Trilateral Summit Next Week

Leaders of South Korea, China and Japan will hold a trilateral summit in Seoul next week. According to South Korea's presidential office, President Yoon Suk Yeol will meet with Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Seoul on Sunday and Monday. The trilateral summit marks the first trilateral summit among the Asian countries since December 2019, after a hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The summit will cover six areas of cooperation, comprising economy and trade, sustainable development, health issues, science and technology, disaster and safety management, and people-to-people exchanges, which will be included in a joint statement, Yonhap News Agency reported. The summit will serve as a turning point for fully restoring and normalizing the trilateral cooperation system among South Korea, Japan and China, South Korea said. The upcoming summit follows the August 2023 Camp David summit, where leaders of the US, South Korea and Japan underscored their security cooperation a gainst North Korean threats and reinforced their commitment to a "free and open Indo-Pacific". Source: Qatar News Agency