(Seoul / Beijing / Tokyo Comprehensive News) South Korean diplomatic sources said that China demanded that the Sino -Japanese and Korean leaders' summit will be postponed to the two sessions of China.
According to the South Korean Central Daily reported on Friday (December 29), South Korean foreign department sources familiar with the negotiation of the leaders of the three countries in China and South Korea revealed that mainland China is expected to come down on the 13th of this month.In two months, the relevant situation of Taiwan must be concentrated. Therefore, it is required to hold the Sino -Japanese and Korean leadership summit after the March of this year (National People's Congress and the CPPCC Annual Meeting).
Sources also said that China still agrees to hold a summit within the first half of this year.
The last time the Sino -Japanese and Korean Leadership Summit was held in Chengdu, China in December 2019, and then interrupted due to crown disease.
As the rotating chairman of this summit, South Korea originally strived to hold the Three Kingdoms Leaders Summit within last year.When China, Japan, and South Korea's foreign ministers held the 10th Three Kingdoms Foreign Ministers' Association in Busan, South Korea last November, I agreed to create conditions for the Three Kingdoms Leaders' Summit to step up related preparations.
After the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Wang Wenbin, after answering questions about the Leaders 'Summit, he also said that the three parties should work together to create a good atmosphere for the leaders' meeting to achieve positive results.
However, the Central Daily reported analysis that China is not active enough to be one of the main reasons for repeated delay in the Three Kingdoms Leadership Summit.South Korean President Yin Xiyue expressed his strong willingness to talk about the talk plan during the Asia -Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit last year, but China did not respond.Some comments believe that China has held elections in April of the South Korean Parliament in April this year, hoping to increase negotiation chips.
Japan, the Japanese ruling party's Liberal Democratic Party was influenced by the secret fund scandal, and the support rate of the cabinet fell to about 10%to about 20%.Some public opinion believes that the Japanese Prime Minister Kishida may not have spare no effort to pay attention to diplomatic matters such as the Three Kingdoms Leaders' Summit.
According to the news of the Kyodo News Agency, Kishida is coordinating with the US government's visit to the United States in March this year.This also adds some variables to the date of finalizing the Sino -Japanese leaders' summit.