Hopes rise for summit to resume

Cooperation between China, ROK and Japan gradually getting back on track, diplomat says

China, the Republic of Korea and Japan will release detailed arrangements for a trilateral summit meeting at an appropriate time and when "conditions are mature", according to a senior Chinese diplomat.

"If the trilateral summit meeting is restarted, it will show that China-Japan-ROK cooperation has emerged from a difficult situation, is back on track and has reached a new stage," Yang Houlan, secretary-general of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, told China Daily.