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 2nd Trilateral Summit
Beijing, China
October 10, 2009
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.