China-Japan-ROK cooperation

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Political and security affairs

1. Tripartite partnership

During the First Trilateral Summit Meeting held in December 2008, the three countries proposed to launch future-oriented and comprehensive cooperation in the political, economic, social and cultural fields. In October 2009, the Second Trilateral Summit Meeting laid out the goal of building a future-oriented comprehensive cooperative partnership among the three countries. In May 2010, leaders of the three countries pledged at the Third Trilateral Summit Meeting to take trilateral cooperation to a new height to firm up the basis for the future-oriented comprehensive cooperative partnership. In May 2011, the three countries proposed at the Fourth Trilateral Summit Meeting to further strengthen their future-oriented comprehensive cooperative partnership.

Based on the agreement reached at the trilateral summit meetings, the three countries have, in recent years, strengthened high-level exchanges and strategic dialogue, conducted policy consultations, broadened non-traditional security cooperation, and expanded mutual understanding and common ground. The three countries have deepened mutually beneficial cooperation and advanced economic integration in such areas as economy, trade and investment, finance, transport and logistics, information and communications, customs, intellectual property, standards and metrology. The three countries have explored ways to enhance practical cooperation in circular economy, science and technology, environment, agriculture and water conservancy, and made joint efforts to promote sustainable development. The three countries have actively conducted people-to-people and cultural exchanges, expanded cooperation in culture, education, tourism, personnel administration and public health as well as cooperation among non-governmental institutions, and sought ways to boost the affinity among their peoples to build greater popular support for the development of relations among them.

Thanks to the concerted efforts of various departments of the three countries, the future-oriented comprehensive cooperative partnership is growing in both breadth and depth.

2. Policy consultations

Policy Dialogue on Asian Affairs

At the Fourth Trilateral Summit Meeting in May 2011, China put forward the proposal of holding a Trilateral Policy Dialogue on Asian Affairs, which was positively responded to and supported by Japan and the ROK. In March 2012, the First Trilateral Policy Dialogue on Asian Affairs was held in Beijing, during which senior officials of the three countries exchanged views on the situation in Asia as well as international and regional hotspot issues. The three countries shared the view that consultation on Asian policies and timely communication and coordination on Asian affairs could help them better understand each other's Asian policies and build up mutual trust. The three countries agreed to keep the momentum of consultation and continue to explore ways for enhancing communication and cooperation in Asian affairs.

Policy Dialogue on African Affairs

The leaders of China, Japan and the ROK reached the agreement to hold a Trilateral Policy Dialogue on African Affairs during their meeting in November 2007. The First Trilateral Director-General's Consultation on African Policies was held in Tokyo in December 2008, and four rounds of consultations have been held. The three countries conducted in-depth and fruitful exchanges of views on their respective African policies, cooperation with African countries and hotspot issues in Africa. They shared the view that the Trilateral Policy Dialogue on African Affairs was helpful for enhancing trilateral communication and consultation on African affairs. They would continue to use this platform to expand mutual understanding and common ground on African affairs, and jointly promote peace, stability and development in Africa.

Consultation on Latin America affairs

In 2004, the Trilateral Cooperation Committee (foreign ministerial level) put forward the proposal of holding DG-level meetings on Latin American policies. In April 2006, the First Trilateral Director-General's Consultation on Latin American Affairs was held in Beijing, and five rounds of consultations have already been held. The three countries conducted communication and exchanges on the situation in Latin America, their respective Latin American policies and relations with Latin American countries, and explored the possibility of trilateral cooperation in Latin America. The consultations played an important role in expanding mutual understanding, promoting mutual learning and increasing mutual trust in Latin American affairs, and contributed to the growth of trilateral relations and their communication and cooperation in international affairs.

Given the growing strength and international influence of Latin American countries as a whole, China, Japan and the ROK will follow Latin American affairs more closely and further enhance cooperation with Latin America in the political, economic, trade, cultural and other fields. It is the common need and aspiration of the three countries to maintain exchanges on Latin American affairs, and they will continue to strengthen the consultation mechanism.

Counter-Terrorism Consultation

To implement the consensus reached at the Third Trilateral Summit Meeting in May 2010 for enhancing counter-terrorism cooperation, China, Japan and the ROK held the first Counter-Terrorism Consultation in Jeju, the ROK in March 2011. The three countries exchanged views on the international and regional counter-terrorism situation, anti-piracy, internet security and trilateral cooperation in specific areas. The three countries shared the view that they should further strengthen and improve the mechanism of trilateral counter-terrorism cooperation. They agreed to conduct in-depth exchanges of views on international and regional counter-terrorism situation, major issues concerning counter-terrorism and their respective counter-terrorism policies, share information and coordinate actions on issues of each other's concerns. They also agreed to promote cooperation among counterpart departments as well as exchanges and dialogue among experts so as to facilitate substantive trilateral cooperation, safeguard common security interests and promote regional and world peace and stability. The three countries made the decision to conduct the Second Counter-Terrorism Consultation in Japan in 2012.

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