For example, it was Japan, and South Korea formally convened for the first paused between 2012 and 2015 due to territorial time in four years and pledged to resume the annual disputes and historical antagonisms, and from 2015 China-Japan-Republic of Korea leaders' meeting. [...] agreement comes as the geopolitical balance in the The summit has been on hold since 2019 due to the region continues to shift, and signals a possible easing COVID-19 pandemic, deteriorating relations between of Beijing's assertive, confrontational foreign policy China and Japan and China and South Korea, Beijing’s approach that dominated Northeast Asian relations for opposition to Seoul and Tokyo. [...] • For the first time since 2019, the three nations’ foreign • The next China-Japan-South Korea leaders’ summit is ministers met for the Trilateral Foreign Ministers’ tentatively planned for early 2024 and will be the first Meeting. [...] However, following the summit a time when the country is experiencing a lagging post- between Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping in San pandemic economy and historical net outflow of foreign Francisco on the margins of the Asia-Pacific Economic direct investment. [...] On the security question, for instance, and “contrary to international law and agreements while Wang Yi acknowledged that continued tensions between the two countries.” on the Korean Peninsula are “not in the interests of Nonetheless, the three ministers showed an overall either party,” it is unclear whether Beijing is willing to commitment to increasing co-operation in areas leverage its influenc.
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