1. The 2019 Trilateral Senior Officials Meeting among the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan and the People’s Republic of China took place in Chengdu, China, on December 13, with Deputy Minister for Political Affairs Kim Gunn of the ROK Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Senior Deputy Minister Takeo Mori of the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Vice Minister Luo Zhaohui of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs as head delegates of the three countries.
2. During
the Meeting, the head delegates reviewed the progress in the preparations for
the 8th ROK-Japan-China Trilateral Summit and agreed to work closely together toward
the success of the Summit this year marking the 20th anniversary of
the trilateral cooperation.