China premier agrees on cooperation with Seoul, Tokyo but issues veiled rebuke against their US ties

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida , second from right, speaks to South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol , second from left, during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, May 26, 2024. – China's premier agreed Monday to revive three-way cooperation with South Korea and Japan in the face of shared challenges, but issued a veiled rebuke against the two countries' expanding security cooperation with the United States.

Yoon said the three leaders agreed to promote people-to-people and cultural exchanges, establish safe supply chain networks and work together to tackle shared environmental, health and other issues. Kishida said the three countries share a big responsibility for regional peace and that Japan will chair the next round of the trilateral leaders' meeting.

The U.N. bans any satellite launches by North Korea, viewing them as disguised tests of the country's long-range missile technology. North Korea has said it needs spy satellites to better monitor South Korea and the U.S. and enhance the precision-attack capabilities of its missiles. In a bilateral meeting with Li on Sunday, Yoon asked China to contribute to promoting peace on the Korean Peninsula, while speaking about North Korea’s nuclear program and its deepening military ties with Russia.

On Monday, Li still didn't respond directly to the outside accusations against the Chinese actions in the South China Sea or surrounding Taiwan.

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