Chinese Premier Li Qiang praised what he called a restart in relations with Japan and South Korea as he met their leaders for the first three-way talks in four years on Monday in Seoul, striving to revive trade and security dialogs hampered by global tensions. - REUTERS
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00:00Leaders from China, Japan, and South Korea met for their first three-way talks in four
00:06years on Monday in Seoul.
00:08South Korean officials said that country president Yun Suk-yool, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and
00:13Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will adopt a joint statement on six key areas,
00:19including economy and trade, science and technology, and people-to-people exchanges.
00:26Li hailed the talks as a quote, restart and a new beginning.
00:30The rare summit comes amid global tensions that have strained trade and security dialogues
00:35between East Asia's economic powerhouses.
00:38China and U.S.-allied South Korea and Japan are trying to manage rising distrust amid
00:42the rivalry between Beijing and Washington and tensions over democratically ruled Taiwan,
00:48which China claims as its own.
00:50Yun and Kishida have charted a closer course with each other and to Washington, embarking
00:54on unprecedented three-way cooperation with the United States on military and other measures.
01:00In bilateral talks a day earlier, Li and Kishida discussed Taiwan and agreed to hold a new
01:05round of bilateral high-level economic dialogue.
01:08Yun and the Chinese Premier agreed to a diplomatic and security dialogue and to resume free trade
01:14talks.
01:16Yun also asked China to play a constructive role with its partners in North Korea, which
01:21is expanding its nuclear weapons and missile arsenal in defiance of the United Nations
01:26Security Council resolutions.
01:28Officials and diplomats from South Korea and Japan have set a low bar for the summit.
01:32They say it's uncertain whether there will be major announcements, but that the gathering
01:36will help the three countries reinvigorate their strained relations.