``Discussions are underway to hold a Japan-China-South Korea summit this year'' =South Korean presidential office

South Korea's presidential office announced on the 31st, ``We are in talks with Japan and China to hold a Japan-China-South Korea summit meeting by the end of this year.'' In addition, with the G20 summit to be held next month, the leaders of China and South Korea
He expressed uncertainty about the possibility of a meeting. On the same day, a senior official from the presidential office spoke to reporters at the presidential office in Yongsan about the prospects for holding a trilateral summit meeting between Japan, China, and South Korea.
``It has been quite some time since a Japan-China-ROK summit was held. Therefore, we are moving forward with the idea that the Japan-China-ROK summit should be held somehow, preferably sometime this year.''
. Asked whether President Yoon Seo-gyul and Chinese President Xi Jinping would have the opportunity to meet in the wake of the India-New Delhi G20 summit, the official said, "It's customary.
China's president has attended the G20 summit in the past few years, but so far, China has not announced which Chinese leaders will attend which meetings at this multilateral meeting."
The official said, "Whether the South Korean president can hold a summit meeting with China this time will be open to debate depending on who China sends to the G20.
It could be postponed until the next multilateral meeting," he said, leaving open the possibility of eventual realization if President Xi Jinping attends the meeting in person.
On September 6 (local time), the three countries of Japan, China and South Korea announced the "ASEAN+3" on the occasion of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Summit Meeting to be held in Jakarta, Indonesia.
'', but the president's office has made it clear that there are no plans for a separate trilateral summit meeting on the ground. Last year, at the ``ASEAN+3'' summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Yun Seok-yue
The president, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang attended.