S.Korea seeks revived China-Japan summit to shore up ties

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol (left) greeting Japanese PM Fumio Kishida at the trilateral summit at Camp David on Aug 18 as US President Joe Biden looks on. - AP

SEOUL (Bloomberg): South Korea’s ambassador to Japan said "high-level” talks are underway for a three-nation summit with China poised to happen this year, and it wouldn’t affect ties with the US.

Those discussions are going well, Yun Dukmin, Seoul’s envoy to Japan said in an interview. There may be a "Camp David effect” that prompted China to reach out to its neighbours, Yun said, adding that a summit with Beijing wouldn’t hurt relations with Washington after the historic meeting with the US.