Seoul ¨C Senior diplomats from South Korea, China and Japan agreed on Tuesday that their countries¡¯ leaders would meet at the ¡°earliest convenient time,¡± Seoul¡¯s foreign ministry said after a rare meeting aimed at kickstarting trilateral exchanges.
The three countries had agreed to hold a summit every year starting in 2008 to foster regional cooperation, but that initiative has been frayed by bilateral feuds and the COVID-19 pandemic. The last summit was in 2019.
Seoul¡¯s foreign ministry said in a statement that specific dates remained under discussion and that the countries¡¯ foreign ministers would meet ¡°in a couple of months.¡±
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