Chinese President Hu Jintao (C) meets with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (R) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who are here to attend the second trilateral leaders' meeting, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 10, 2009. (Xinhua/Li Tao

    BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao met with President Lee Myung-bak of the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama here on Saturday, who are here to attend the second trilateral leaders' meeting.

    Hailing the progress of China's relations with the two countries, Hu said China is ready to make joint efforts with Japan and the ROK to implement consensus, boost healthy development of China-ROK strategic cooperative partnership and China-Japan strategic mutually-beneficial ties.

    The substantial cooperation between China and the two countries in various areas had been further expanded, he said.

    Hu congratulated the success of the second trilateral leaders' meeting held in Beijing on Saturday, calling on the three nations to seize historical opportunities to further strengthen strategic trust, respect respective major interests and concerns, and make concerted efforts for mutual benefits and common development.

    The Chinese president hopes the three countries to facilitate east Asian cooperation and jointly respond to regional hot issues and global challenges to unveil a new chapter for peace, cooperation and development of east Asia.

    In response, Lee Myung-bak said the three countries had made great achievements in expanding cooperation in the past ten years. "China's economy is now stabilizing and turning for the better, which plays a positive role in promoting economic recovery of the ROK and Japan," he added.

    Lee spoke highly of Hu's important speech on the UN climate change summit in New York last month, expressing appreciation over China's contribution to reopening the six-party talks and promoting a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

    Hatoyama extended congratulations to Hu on the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, adding he was glad to see China's great achievements.

    He told Hu the Japanese government would like to cooperate closely with China to boost bilateral ties in a spirit of drawing lessons from history and facing up to the future.

    Hatoyama also expressed satisfaction over the progress of trilateral cooperation, calling on the three sides to respect each other and share successful experience to promote greater achievement of trilateral cooperation.

Premier Wen meets ROK president 

    BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with the Republic of Korea (ROK) President Lee Myung-bak in Beijing on Saturday afternoon.

    The two leaders met on the sidelines of the second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, ROK and Japan, which was held here earlier Saturday.

Chinese Premier meets with Japanese Prime Minister

     BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met here Saturday with Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.

    Yukio Hatoyama is in Beijing for the second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK). 

Joint statement: China, Japan, ROK review trilateral cooperation

    BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have greater mutual trust as a result of their trilateral cooperation, says a joint statement issued at the second trilateral leaders' meeting in Beijing Saturday.

    The statement says the common interests of the three countries have continuously grown, the mechanisms for dialogue have been further broadened and cooperation in a range of fields has been promoted since the launch of trilateral cooperation in 1999. 

Wen Jiabao: China, Japan, ROK must have strategic perspective

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao attends the second trilateral summit meeting of China, Japan and the ROK in Beijing, capital of China, on Oct. 10, 2009. The meeting kicked off in Beijing on Saturday morning.(Xinhua/Huang Jingwen)

    BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao Saturday called for China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) to view and handle trilateral relations from long-term and strategic perspectives.

    Wen made the remarks at a press conference after the second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, Japan and the ROK on Saturday morning.

Japanese PM hopes to speed up trilateral FTA 

     BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama on Saturday called for the acceleration of progress toward a free trade area (FTA) between Japan, China and the Republic of Korea (ROK).

    Hatoyama made the remarks when meeting the press after the second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, Japan and the ROK in Beijing on Saturday morning.

Relaunch of six-party talks opens opportunities, Chinese Premier

    BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- There are now opportunities for the relaunch of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, but such opportunities could be "fleeting," Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday.

    Wen made remarks after the second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK), in Beijing.

Second trilateral leaders' meeting opens in Beijing

    BEIJING, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- The second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) kicked off here Saturday morning.

    The meeting is chaired by Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and attended by ROK President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama.