(MENAFN – QNA) South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye said Monday that South Korea will make efforts to hold a summit with China and Japan, the latest move that underscores her commitment to advancing ties with the two Asian neighbors.<\/p>\n
The remarks came three weeks after she suggested there are uncertainties over a potential summit with Chinese and Japanese leaders, according to South Korea’s (Yonhap) News Agency.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0The South Korean government will make efforts to ensure a trilateral summit can take place based on the meeting of their foreign ministers in the near future,\u00a0\u00bb Park said in a keynote speech at the World Policy Conference, an annual international meeting, in Seoul.<\/p>\n
In November, she floated the idea of resuming a regular trilateral summit, which has been put on hold since May 2012 due to tensions between South Korea and Japan and between China and Japan over territorial and other history-related issues.<\/p>\n
Japan controlled much of China in the early part of the 20th century.<\/p>\n
South Korea has said a trilateral summit might be held if the countries successfully conclude their foreign ministers’ meeting and conditions mature.<\/p>\n
Also Monday, Park pressed North Korea again to abandon its nuclear weapons program, calling it \u00ab\u00a0the biggest destabilizing factor\u00a0\u00bb not only on the Korean Peninsula but also in Northeast Asia.<\/p>\n
Despite international pressure, North Korea has repeatedly vowed to develop its economy and nuclear arsenal in tandem, viewing its nuclear programs as a powerful deterrent against what it claims is Washington’s hostile policy toward it.<\/p>\n
Park said North Korea’s policy is \u00ab\u00a0incompatible\u00a0\u00bb and accused North Korea of worsening the human rights situation in the North.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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