CHINA: Chinese, Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers hold bilateral meetings ahead of annual trilateral meeting with North Korea high on agenda

Record ID: 466209

  • Title: CHINA: Chinese, Japanese and South Korean foreign ministers hold bilateral meetings ahead of annual trilateral meeting with North Korea high on agenda
  • Date: 8th April 2012
  • Summary: NINGBO, ZHEJIANG PROVINCE, CHINA (APRIL 7, 2012) (REUTERS) (*** FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY ***) SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER KIM SUNG-HWAN (RIGHT) SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER KOICHIRO GEMBA (LEFT) KIM AND GEMBA SHAKING HANDS CAMERAMAN FILMING FOREIGN MINISTERS VARIOUS OF SOUTH KOREAN AND JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS HOLDING BILATERAL TALKS CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI (RIGHT) SHAKING HANDS WITH SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTER KIM SUNG-HWAN (LEFT) YANG AND KIM SHAKING HANDS CAMERAMAN FILMING FOREIGN MINISTERS VARIOUS OF CHINESE AND SOUTH KOREAN FOREIGN MINISTERS HOLDING BILATERAL TALKS CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER YANG JIECHI (RIGHT) SHAKING HANDS WITH JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTER KOICHIRO GEMBA (LEFT) YANG AND GEMBA SHAKING HANDS VARIOUS OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTERS HOLDING BILATERAL TALKS
  • Embargoed: 23rd April 2012 13:00
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  • Location: China, China
  • Country: China
  • Topics: International Relations
  • Reuters ID: LVA3IXN75X2FUSXUIREFM2TJL2RT
  • Story Text: The foreign ministers of China, Japan and South Korea held bilateral meetings in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo on Saturday (April 7) ahead of an annual trilateral meeting on Sunday (April 8).
    North Korea is set to be high on the agenda for the meeting as the region is on alert as Pyongyang plans to send a weather satellite into space between April 12 and April 16 -- a launch that South Korea and the United States claim is a disguised ballistic missile test.
    Washington has said such a rocket launch is banned under United Nations sanctions and has in turn suspended planned food aid to North Korea.
    Both Japan and South Korea have put their military defences on alert and had said they would intercept the rocket if it poses a threat to their country.
    North Korea has said the rocket's trajectory will be southwards and that will not impact neighbouring countries.
    The planned launch, which has even drawn criticism from ally China, will mark the 100th birth anniversary of state founder Kim Il-sung.
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