国内英语新闻:China, Japan, South Korea issue document on 10-year cooperation

JEJU, South Korea, May 29 (Xinhua) -- Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea on Saturday issued a document outlining a blueprint for cooperation within the coming 10 years.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama, who are meeting in South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju for an annual trilateral summit, made joint pledges to further trilateral cooperation in such areas as economy, security, environmental protection and cultural exchange.

The leaders of the three nations agreed that after making clear the detailed objectives and long-term goals within the next decade, all sides need to concentrate efforts on boosting trilateral cooperation to a new height, so as to further consolidate partnership, achieve more in mutually beneficial cooperation in all aspects and enhance friendship between the peoples of the three countries.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (R), South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (C) and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama shakes hands before the third trilateral summit in South Korea's southern resort island of Jeju on May 29, 2010. Leaders of China, Japan and South Korea met in the trilateral summit with the aim of mapping out future cooperation in East Asia.

The three leaders agreed to set up a more cooperative mechanism to increase strategic mutual trust, which involves setting up a trilateral cooperation secretariat in South Korea in 2011 to jointly tackle natural disasters, discuss the possibility of a mechanism of trilateral defense dialogue to enhance security contacts, strengthen political dialogue and cooperation in police affairs, and boost government exchanges at local levels among the three nations.