TOKYO, Aug. 24 (Xinhua) -- China, South Korea and Japan should develop their relations in the spirit of taking history as a mirror and looking forward to the future, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said here Wednesday.
Speaking at a joint press conference with his South Korean counterpart Yun Byung-se and Japanese counterpart Fumio Kishida after a trilateral meeting, Wang said to realize the healthy and stable development of their ties, China, South Korea and Japan should overcome difficulties, remove disturbances, build up consensus and focus on cooperation, so as to keep the cooperation of the three countries in the right direction.
The Chinese foreign minister said since the China-South Korea-Japan leaders' meeting last year, positive progress has been made in pragmatic cooperation and communication in all fields between the three sides which should be cherished.
He believed that Wednesday's gathering will create favorable atmosphere for the Group of 20 (G20) summit to be held in east China's Hangzhou early in September and pave the way for the East Asian leaders' meetings next month.
At the just concluded trilateral meeting, the three sides agreed that facing new changes in regional and international situation, China, South Korea and Japan should shoulder the responsibilities of promoting economic development in East Asia, taking the lead in regional cooperation in East Asia and maintaining regional peace and stability so as to make greater contribution to the overall revitalization of Asia as well as the world peace and development, Wang said.
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