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 in Seoul, striving to revive trade and security dialogues hampered by global tensions.
Premier Li, South Korea n President Yoon Suk Yeol, and Japan ese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will adopt a joint statement on six areas including the economy and trade, science and technology, people-to-people exchanges and health and the aging population, Seoul officials said.
China and US-allied South Korea and Japan are trying to manage rising distrust amid the rivalry between Beijing and the United States and tensions over democratically ruled Taiwan, which China claims as its own. North Korea has notified Japan of its plan to launch a rocket carrying a space satellite between 27 May and 4 June, the Japan Coast Guard said.
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