Korea-China summit after 2 years...South Korea, the U.S. and Japan adopt a joint statement condemning Russia and North Korea.

President Yoon and President Xi Hold Korea-China Summit for 29 Minutes President Yoon ∀ stressed the importance of trilateral cooperation among South Korea, the U.S. and Japan
Yoon criticizes Russia-North Korea cooperation in the first session of APEC
President Yoon's keynote speech as APEC's next chairman

[Anchor]
President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is visiting Peru to attend the APEC summit, met with Chinese President Xi Jinping for the first time in two years and said that the two countries should promote stability and peace in the region in response to Russia-North Korea military cooperation.

The trilateral summit was followed by a joint statement condemning North Korea's illegal military cooperation with Russia, including North Korea's dispatch of troops to Russia.

I'm connecting with the reporter. Reporter Cho Yong Sung!

President Yoon held a series of summits?

[Reporter]
President Yoon Suk Yeol had a summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping for 29 minutes from 1:06 a.m. today (16th).

At the meeting, President Yoon said he hopes Korea and China will cooperate for peace in response to North Korea's provocations and Russia-North Korea military cooperation.

I'll listen to it myself.

[Yoon Suk Yeol / President: In particular, I hope that South Korea and China will cooperate in promoting stability and peace in the region in response to North Korea's successive provocations and military cooperation with Russia in the war against Ukraine.]

He also added that he hopes to strengthen cooperation in the economic sector, the central axis of bilateral relations over the past 30 years, to promote people's livelihoods together.

In response, President Xi Jinping said that no matter how the situation changes, the two countries should stick to the initial intention of diplomatic relations and strengthen exchanges and cooperation to develop a "strategic cooperative partnership."

He then added that we should contribute more to peace, stability, development, and prosperity in the region.President Yun

attended the subsequent South Korea-U.S.-Japan talks.

The first Korea-U.S.-Japan meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba lasted about 40 minutes, during which President Yoon stressed the importance of trilateral cooperation.President Yun

emphasized in his opening remarks at the meeting that cooperation among South Korea, the U.S. and Japan is in the national interest of all three countries and is essential for peace and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific region.

After the meeting, the leaders of South Korea, the U.S. and Japan adopted a joint statement strongly condemning North Korea's illegal military cooperation with Russia, including its dispatch of troops to Russia.

At the same time, they agreed to cooperate in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, promoting North Korean human rights, and blocking North Korea's illegal activities.

In addition, the leaders of the three countries based on the spirit of Camp David met and decided to unite to promote human rights, democracy, security and prosperity, and announced the establishment of a secretariat between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan.

Before the summit, President Yoon attended the first session of the APEC summit, "Unofficial Dialogue with Invited States," saying that illegal military cooperation between North Korea and Russia is a significant challenge to the world order and hinders APEC' cooperation toward the future.

APEC leaders have asked for a strong voice of condemnation.

[Anchor]
President Yoon also delivered a keynote speech at the APEC Summit CEO Summit. Speech, what was it about?

[Reporter]
President Yoon gave a keynote speech at the CEO Summit as the next chairman.

We presented the vision for the APEC summit to be held in Gyeongju next year and asked businessmen from Asia-Pacific to participate.In his speech, President

Yoon set the theme for next year's APEC as "Sustainable Tomorrow We Create," and presented 'Connection', 'Innovation' and 'prosperity' as key tasks.

President Yoon also diagnosed that the world is now facing a crisis of multilateral trading system due to supply chain segmentation and protectionism,
Economic uncertainties such as the climate crisis, low growth, and geopolitical risks in Ukraine and the Middle East are growing in the wake of
, and I hope that next year's Gyeongju APEC summit will mark a milestone in the global economic leap forward and a dynamic future.

So far, I'm YTN Cho Yong-sung in the political department.