Foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea discuss ”restoration and normalization of cooperation among the three countries” and ”preparations for the summit meeting”

At the foreign ministers' meeting held on the 26th, Japan, China, and South Korea agreed to accelerate preparations for the next step, the trilateral summit. In addition, the three countries are currently in a state of crisis due to COVID-19 virus infection.
We will promptly restore and normalize the cooperative relationship that had been severed." South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin met with Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa and Wang Yi in Busan this afternoon.
After holding a foreign ministers' meeting for over an hour and 40 minutes with a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Minister of Foreign Affairs, he told reporters, ``We have decided to accelerate the preparations necessary for the summit meeting.''
Foreign Minister Park said, ``We reaffirmed our agreement with the Japanese and Chinese foreign ministers to hold the summit meeting, which is the pinnacle of the trilateral cooperation system, at the earliest mutually convenient time.''
I tuned it. He went on to say, ``We will continue to work hard to ensure that the summit meeting will be held in the near future.'' At a meeting of high-level officials at the assistant vice-ministerial level in September this year, Japan, China, and South Korea agreed to mutually hold a summit meeting.
It has been agreed that the meeting will be held at the earliest convenient time. The latest agreement among the foreign ministers appears to be aimed at maintaining this position and further accelerating the holding of the summit.
However, Foreign Minister Park did not specify the timing of the trilateral summit meeting. On this day, South Korean National Security Office Director Cho Tae Yeon appeared on a TV program just before the three-way foreign ministers' meeting and said, ``(
"The door is not closed for a trilateral summit to be held within this year, but it will not be easy to open it before the end of the year." At the meeting that day, Foreign Minister Park said, ``We are trying to resolve the stalled intergovernmental consultation body.''
``We will actively operate the system and solidify the institutionalization of trilateral cooperation,'' ``discover substantive cooperation that the people of the three countries can feel,'' and ``ensure that cooperation among the three countries contributes to stability and prosperity within the region.'' Expanding the base
We have proposed three major future directions. Foreign Minister Park said, ``Until now, cooperation among the three countries has faced difficulties due to the COVID-19 virus infection, but at today's meeting, the foreign ministers of the three countries
They agreed to quickly restore national cooperation and normalize the situation." He added, ``In order for a bicycle to go far without falling over, you must keep depressing the pedals.''
We will make every effort to move forward even more powerfully without letting our power stop." This time, there was no joint press conference held after the meeting in which the foreign ministers of the three countries jointly announced the results.
This is the first time in about four years and three months since the Beijing Conference in August 2019 that the Foreign Ministers' Meeting of Japan, China and South Korea was held.