Japan, Korea, China meets to enhance relations at a “turning point in history” | Politics News

The Triple meeting in Tokyo is an achievement for Japan, which has historical and regional disputes with China and South Korea.

Foreign ministers in Japan, South Korea and China have agreed to need to search for a common ground for security and economy in East Asia amid an escalation of global uncertainty.

Iowa said at a joint press conference in Tokyo on Saturday that Japanese Foreign Minister Takishi Oia, his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi and South Korea’s lists, agreed to address multiple generations to obtain broader support for cooperation.

The first ministers gathering abroad for the countries since 2023 comes at a time when US President Donald Trump is heading to decades -old alliances, which may open the door for China to form closer relations with countries that are traditionally in line with Washington.

Iowa said at the beginning of the meeting: “The international situation has become increasingly severe, and it is not an exaggeration to say that we are at a turning point in history,” Iowa said at the beginning of the meeting.

He said, “In this context, it has become more important than ever to make efforts to overcome the division and confrontation through dialogue and cooperation,” he said.

The three -way meeting is an achievement for Japan, which has historical and regional conflicts with both China and South Korea. A former triple meeting was held in South Korea last year.

“With this year, this year, this year represents the eighty anniversary of the end of World War II,” only by thinking about history sincerely, we can build the future better. “

He said that China supports the enhancement of cooperation, allowing countries to “jointly resist risk” and enhance “mutual understanding” among its inhabitants.

“The number of our three countries has a population of about 1.6 billion population and economic production that exceeds 24 trillion dollars,” said Wang.

He added that China wants to resume free trade talks with its neighbors and expand the membership of a comprehensive regional economic partnership of 15 countries.

Fadi Salma from Tokyo said that the meetings aim to “build confidence between these three countries.”

Salama said: “But there are still a lot of differences and issues that divide the three countries.”

“Mr. Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister, stated that the three countries – targeting Japan with this point – must be honest in the historical issues that (to them) was divided.

Beijing inconsistent with Tokio and Souyn in many other major issues, including its support for North Korea, its intensive military activity around Taiwan, and Russia’s support in its war with Ukraine.

American allies in Japan and South Korea, each of which hosts thousands of American soldiers, share Washington’s opinion that China-the second largest economy in the world-is a growing threat to regional security.

Zhou said he asked China at the meeting to help persuade North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons.

He added: “I also confirmed that the illegal military cooperation between Russia and North Korea should stop immediately, and that North Korea should not be rewarded for its violations during the end of the war in Ukraine.”

IWaya meets separately with its Chinese counterparts and South Korean, including the first high -level economic dialogue with Beijing in six years.

Iowa said this week that this meeting will include a discussion of a ban on Japanese seafood imports imposed by China after the release of wastewater from the destroyed Fukushima Nuclear Factory from 2023.