(Seoul Composite Electric) South Korea, China, and Japan launched a two -day intensive consultation on Monday in Seoul to discuss related matters to restart the talks of leaders of the Three Kingdoms.South Korean Foreign Minister Park Zhen asked the assistant diplomats of the Three Kingdoms to work closely to strive to promote the matter during the year.
Park Zhen Monday (September 25) met with the representative of the Korean and China Senior Officials Conference (SOM) at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Korea.Assistant Minister Nongrong.Park Zhen pointed out that South Korea, Japan, and China are indispensable neighbors, and the public pays high attention to whether the long -term suspension of the Three Kingdoms negotiation mechanism can restart.He stated that he would strive to promote the Three Kingdoms Summit this year, and emphasized that the summit should achieve the substantial results that the people of the Three Kingdoms can feel.
The South Korean and China Summit was held for the first time in 2008.Affected by the problem of crown disease epidemic and labor disputes during the Japanese and Korean war, the last summit was suspended so far in Chengdu in 2019.South Korea is the rotating chairman of this summit.
Park Zhen said that the road that South Korea has passed is not always smooth. I hope that the Three Kingdoms will be able to hug each other again and communicate closely.He pointed out that next year, the three countries will be a member of the United Nations Security Council, and the international community has high hopes for the role and role of the three countries.
South Korea, China and Japan, on Monday, held in Seoul, a deputy department -level meeting equivalent to the working level.Earlier that day, Zheng Bingyuan held bilateral talks with Ship Yue and Nongrong.The three will meet on Tuesday (26th) in the morning to formally discuss the restart of the Three Kingdoms Summit.
Chinese officials actively mention the visit to South Korea to ease the relationship between the two countries
At present, South Korea is also seeking to arrange Chinese official visit, hoping to open up a new chapter in relations between the two countries.Korean media pointed out that this is the latest signs of rapid relief of China -South Korea relations in recent months.
The Yonhap News Agency quoted South Korean officials reported that the Chinese official on Saturday (23rd) with South Korean State Prime Minister Han Yan, when meeting in Hangzhou, took the initiative to mention the visit to South Korea.South Korean President's Office subsequently said on Sunday that it will formally negotiate with China on the official visit to South Korea.
Earlier, Chinese officials visited South Korea in 2014, and South Korea's then President Moon Jae -in visited China twice in 2017 and 2019.The Yonhap News Agency pointed out that considering that the leaders of the two countries have taken turns to visit each other, the South Korean side generally believes that this is the turn of Chinese leaders to visit Korea.Since Yin Xiyue has served as President of South Korea, he has expressed his expectations for official visit to China three times.Chinese officials also told Yin Xiyue during the attendance of the G20 (G20) summit in Indonesia last November that after the epidemic was stable, he would be invited to visit South Korea.
Yin Xiyue Guoan Consultant: Xi is unlikely to visit South Korea this year or wait for next year
Yin Xiyue's national security adviser Zhao Taiyong said on Sunday that fighting for Chinese official visit to South Korea is one of the diplomatic goals of Yin Xiyue's government, and it is expected to become a turning point in China and South Korea relations.But he predicts that Chinese officials are unlikely to visit South Korea this year, maybe wait until next year.
South Korea Times analysis believes that Chinese officials have actively expressed their intention to visit South Korea to amend the relationship between the two countries.Recently, the United States has been drawing partners in South Korea, the Netherlands, Japan, Taiwan, etc. to join the ranks of restricting the export of advanced chips. This move obviously refers to China.Yin Xiyue also strengthened security cooperation with US President Biden to respond to the expansion of North Korea's nuclear warrior and China in the Pacific region of India, and support the United States to reshape the global supply chain to reduce dependence on China.
Researcher Li Dongkui, a researcher at the Institute of Policy Research, said: "At the David Camp on the Third Scenary of the David Camp last month, South Korea raised its security cooperation with the United States and Japan to the level of the quasi -alliance. From the perspective of China, China did not want to be the goal. From the perspective of China.Compared with the United States and Japan, South Korea is a diplomatic partner who can play a greater diplomatic leverage ... Beijing may want to adjust the level of cooperation in Korea, the United States and Japan through Seoul. "
According to the convention, China generally sends prime ministers to attend the South Korean and China Summit.A senior Korean official said: "If the three -sided summit is held, bilateral summits will be held in the future. This may become a part of China's official visit to Seoul."
