TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan and China have agreed to resume high-level trilateral talks with South Korea that will include state leaders and top diplomats, Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Tuesday.
Speaking at a regular press conference, Hayashi said he and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi made the agreement on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) meeting in Indonesia earlier this month.
A trilateral summit meeting has not been held since December 2019 due to diplomatic tensions between Japan and South Korea, which have since thawed.
“It is very meaningful for the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, who share great responsibility for regional peace and prosperity, to meet” to discuss cooperation and other issues, Hayashi told reporters.
US allies, Japan and South Korea, are wary of China’s increasing military assertiveness and growing tensions between China and the United States over a range of issues including trade and Taiwan’s sovereignty.
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