CRI听力: Second Trilateral Leaders' Meeting Opens in Beijing

The second trilateral leaders' meeting of China, South Korea and Japan has kicked off in Beijing. Leaders attending the meeting have vowed to strengthen regional cooperation in various fields.

Zheng Chenguang has the details.(www.hXen.com)

Reporter:

On Saturday morning, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama attended the opening ceremony of the trilateral meeting.

Wen Jiabao, host of the gathering, highlighted the significance of cooperation among the three countries.

"The trilateral meeting this time will see us exchange views on important international and regional issues of common concern. Our meeting is of significant importance in terms of enhancing trilateral political trust, pushing forward win-win cooperation and maintaining the stability and development of Asia. We will work together to achieve positive and pragmatic results at this meeting."

Later at a press conference after the meeting, premier Wen Jiabao announced that the three nations pledged to build up mutual trust and step up high-level contacts and strategic dialogues.

Meanwhile, Wen Jiaobao said he believed it is now possible to re-launch the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

"Now we are faced with opportunities. But such opportunities could be fleeting, so we should seize the opportunities and make good use of them. In this way, I think we will continue to make progress."

Reviewing his visit to North Korea last week, Wen Jiabao said he obtained certain positive results as North Korea showed no opposition to the talks and expressed willingness to tackle the issue through bilateral and multilateral dialogue.

Wen urged all parties to make constructive efforts to realize the aim of re-opening the talks.

"China, Japan and South Korea are members of Northeast Asia and the six-party talks. We are all concerned about the peace and stability of the region and the denuclearization of the Korean peninsular. Our three countries agree that we should solve relevant issues through dialogue and peaceful means. We all decide to make constructive efforts to re-open the six-party talks as soon as possible."

South Korean President Lee Myung-bak agreed with the Chinese premier.

"It is the best and most critical moment now for North Korea to abandon the nuclear weapons, so I propose a series of measures to make it happen. North Korea may have its preconditions to give up it nuclear ambitions, but we can discuss this during the six party talks process."

Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama also shared the views of the two leaders, but urged North Korea to take further concrete actions.

Zheng Chenguang CRI news.