China, Japan, ROK summit slated for Oct.

Submitted by admin on Sat, 09/26/2009 - 12:25

A tripartite summit between China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) will be held in Beijing on October 10, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said Thursday.


China is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Japan and the ROK, to give impetus for new achievements in the upcoming summit, Chinese President Hu Jintao told his ROK counterpart Lee Myung-bak on the sidelines of the United Nations meetings in New York Wednesday morning.


The first tripartite summit of China, Japan and the ROK was held in Fukuoka, Japan on December 13 of 2008.