(ECNS) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang of the State Council will attend the ninth Trilateral Summit Meeting among China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul from May 26 to 27, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin announced at a regular press conference on Thursday.
China, Japan, and the ROK are neighbors and major economies in Asia and the world and in the course of jointly tackling the Asian financial crisis, the three countries launched trilateral cooperation, Wang said. Twenty-five years on, we have put in place a China-Japan-ROK cooperation framework centering on the summit meeting and supported by ministerial meetings, senior officials’ meeting and over 70 working-level mechanisms, he added.
Premier Li Qiang, together with leaders of Japan and the ROK, will attend the upcoming trilateral summit meeting, the China-Japan-ROK business summit and other important events and exchange views on China-Japan-ROK cooperation, according to the spokesperson.
"With complex changes unfolding in our region and beyond, we hope that the forthcoming summit meeting will inject new impetus into the trilateral cooperation and provide better ways towards mutual benefit for the three countries," he said.
China stands ready to work with Japan and the ROK to implement the Trilateral Cooperation Vision for the Next Decade and other important common understandings, deepen economic and trade, sci-tech and cultural cooperation to advance regional economic integration in East Asia and promote regional and global peace, stability and prosperity, he concluded.
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