Leaders from Asia’s three main powers have agreed to resume the long-stalled six-party talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear programme while working towards greater economic integration.
The meeting in Seoul on Sunday between South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe and Chinese premier Li Keqiang was the first of its kind in more than three years because Japan’s relations with the other two neighbours had been frayed over territorial and historical issues.
In the rare three-way summit, the leaders vowed to “oppose any action that may cause tension on the Korean Peninsula or violate relevant UN Security Council resolutions”.