It ended in The South Korean government stated that there was not enough time during this APEC meeting due to the busy schedule, and stated that dialogue would continue at the upcoming China-South Korea foreign ministers' meeting.
South Korean President Yoon Seo-gyeol and Chinese President Xi Jinping met on the 16th in the conference hall of the first session of the APEC Summit and spoke for about 3 minutes.
We had many pleasant conversations. Regarding this, members of the ``Together Democratic Party'' pointed out that the United States and Japan gained national interests through talks with China, but only South Korea engaged in isolated diplomacy.
``Together with the Democratic Party'' said, ``Even though the United States and Japan were not able to hold as many summit meetings with China as we did, are we saying that our diplomatic horizons have expanded?''
``It's as if our president came home empty-handed,'' he said. In response, an official from the South Korean presidential office said, ``This APEC event has a busy schedule of 2 nights and 3 days, so there is a lot of time.
won. ``The United States and Japan met because of outstanding issues that needed to be resolved,'' and ``Although President Yun Se-yue met briefly with President Xi Jinping, they exchanged greetings and promised to hold another meeting.''
At APEC, President Xi Jinping held bilateral talks with Mexico, Peru, Fiji, Brunei, and other countries in addition to Japan. Japan, where the Fukushima treated water issue is at stake, and Brazil, a country with territorial disputes in the South China Sea.
Renay met with Fiji and other countries, which are central to the Pacific Island countries where China is investing its efforts. However, there are also opinions that China has recognized that there are no outstanding issues with South Korea that need to be resolved immediately.
There is. A source from the South Korean presidential office said, ``The two foreign ministers are scheduled to meet soon, and the outstanding issues between China and South Korea are being communicated through dialogue.''
Additionally, the foreign ministers of Japan, China, and South Korea are making final arrangements to hold a meeting in Busan on or around the 26th.
. If Chinese Communist Party Central Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi visits South Korea in the wake of the foreign ministers' meeting, a separate China-South Korea foreign ministers' meeting is expected to be held. Using this as a springboard, the three countries, Japan, China and South Korea, will hold a summit meeting.
The plan is to open the event at the end of the year or early next year.
2023/11/19 19:01 KST
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