The leaders of the eastern countries will have bilateral meetings before the meeting that will take place in the South Korean capital. They seek stability and growth in the region.
The leaders of South Korea, Japan and China will hold next week in Seoul a trilateral summit, as announced this Thursday by the South Korean government, host of the meeting. It will be the first after four and a half years.
He South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeolwill meet next Monday in the country’s capital with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishidaand the Chinese Premier Li Qiangconfirmed the South Korean national security advisor, Kim Tae-hyo, during a press conference.
Prior to the meeting between the three eastern leaders, Yoon expected to hold bilateral talks separately with Kishida and Li on Sunday at the presidential office. The last meeting of this type was held in December 2019, after a pause caused by the covid-19 pandemic and due to the improvement of relations between Seoul and Tokyo, after the deterioration in recent years.
Trilateral meeting: the axes of the summit
According to Kim, the trilateral summit will focus on six areas: economy and trade, sustainable development, health, science and technology, disaster management and security, and exchanges between nations. They will also address regional and international issues.
Japan and China resume economic dialogue after 8 years of territorial disputes
With this approach, the three nations seek to smooth over differences and renew a dialogue that promotes stability in the region and prevents excessive friction in the economic and security sphere.
In this context, there are two events prior to the meeting that cannot be overlooked: Xi Jinping’s meeting with Vladimir Putin, the president of Russiafor the war in Ukraine, and the Chinese military exercises in Taiwan.
In this sense, it is expected that the Asian giant will take advantage of the opportunity to try counteract the rapprochement of Tokyo and Seoul with the US; while the latter could ask Beijing to help curb North Korea’s weapons development, in addition to relaxing its stance regarding the Taiwan Strait.
Source: Ambito
