Web Desk (May 09,2018): The leaders of China, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo on Wednesday in a powerful gesture of solidarity.
Japan says to normalize North Korea ties if nuclear, abduction issues are solved
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe will also hold separate meetings with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is making the first state visit by a Chinese premier since 2010.
North Korea figured heavily at the talks after Moon’s historic meeting last month with its leader, Kim Jong Un, who is expected to have a summit soon with U.S. President Donald Trump, but the leaders also touched on economics, in the face of U.S. trade pressure on China and Japan.
Praising Moon’s recent leadership as well as Chinese moves to engage North Korea, which prompted a sudden visit by Kim on Tuesday to China’s city of Dalian, Abe said further efforts toward denuclearization were essential.
“We must take the recent momentum toward denuclearization on the Korean peninsula and toward peace and security in Northeast Asia, and, cooperating even further with international society, make sure this is linked to concrete action by North Korea,” Abe told a news conference after the meeting.
Moon said the three nations would continue cooperation as the two Koreas moved toward a permanent peace settlement.
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