South Korea has hosted senior diplomats from China and Japan for a rare trilateral meeting, an attempt to ease Beijing’s concerns about Seoul and Tokyo’s deepening security ties with the United States.
Seoul has been reinforcing ties with the U.S and Japan as North Korea carries out regular tests of banned weapons, seeking closer relationships with some countries.
The meeting which was held on Tuesday involved the South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister, Chung Byung-won, Japanese Senior Deputy Foreign Minister, Takehiro Funakoshi and China’s Assistant Foreign Affairs Minister Nong Rong.
The three earlier held talks with South Korean Foreign Minister, Park Jin who told them to “work closely together” and “produce tangible outcomes, for the citizens of their countries to see