The 2nd trilateral meeting

Beijing, China

October 10, 2009

Then Premier Wen Jiabao (center), then President of the Republic of Korea Lee Myung-bak (left) and then Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama (right) shake hands during the 2nd China-Japan-ROK trilateral summit in Beijing, Oct 10, 2009. [Photo/China News Service]

The summit meeting was chaired by Premier Wen and attended by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama and President of the ROK Lee Myung-bak.

During the meeting, the three leaders vowed to deepen trilateral cooperation from a strategic perspective.

A joint statement issued during the event said that the three countries had enhanced mutual political trust through forging a future-oriented, comprehensive cooperative partnership. Moreover, the common interests of the three nations have continuously grown; the mechanisms for dialogue have been further broadened in a range of fields.