Monday, August 22, 2016

South Korea, China, And Japan To Hold Foreign Ministers' Meeting This Week


Reuters: Japan, China, South Korea foreign ministers to meet this week

Foreign ministers from Japan, China and South Korea will meet in Tokyo for two days this week to discuss cooperation, the countries said on Monday, after tension among them raised doubt about prospects for talks.

Relations between the three big Asian economies are often difficult with the legacy of Japan's wartime aggression affecting ties between it and China and South Korea, territorial disputes hurting links between Japan and China, and Japan and South Korea, and China suspicious of the others' U.S. ties.

Japanese Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida will hold a dinner for his Chinese and South Korean counterparts, Wang Yi and Yun Byung-se, on Tuesday, with an official trilateral meeting set for Wednesday, the Japanese Foreign Ministry said.

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WNU Editor: I do not expect much from this meeting.

More News On South Korea, China, And Japan To Hold A Foreign Ministers' Meeting This Week

Foreign ministers of China, Japan and S Korea to meet in Tokyo -- South China Morning Post
Japan, China, South Korea foreign ministers to meet in Tokyo on Wednesday -- Straits Times
S. Korean, Chinese, Japanese foreign ministry officials hold talks in Tokyo -- Yonhap
Japan, China, S.Korea foreign ministers to meet -- AFP

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