Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have agreed that their countries will cooperate in joint research and other projects related to the wartime victims of sexual servitude.
Chinese and South Korean research institutes will work together regarding the “comfort women,” mainly Asians, who were forced to serve as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers before and during World War II, according to a document attached to a joint statement issued after Xi and Park met Thursday in Seoul.
During the summit, they also confirmed their strong opposition to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
They did not mention Japan or history issues in the joint statement or at a joint news conference. Seoul may be concerned that cooperating too much with China against Japan could harm the three-way alliance between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo.
Xi and Park agreed to hold commemorative events to mark the 70th anniversary next year of China’s victory in its war against Japan and the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, according to China Central Television.
Xi’s visit is viewed as a snub to North Korea by some experts because he broke custom by choosing to visit Seoul ahead of Pyongyang in his first trip to the Korean Peninsula since taking office last year.
The Chinese and South Korean leaders agreed that their countries will strengthen strategic cooperative partnership even more, in a stark contrast to the two countries’ frayed relations with Japan.
Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have agreed that their countries will cooperate in joint research and other projects related to the wartime victims of sexual servitude.
Chinese and South Korean research institutes will work together regarding the “comfort women,” mainly Asians, who were forced to serve as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers before and during World War II, according to a document attached to a joint statement issued after Xi and Park met Thursday in Seoul.
During the summit, they also confirmed their strong opposition to North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
They did not mention Japan or history issues in the joint statement or at a joint news conference. Seoul may be concerned that cooperating too much with China against Japan could harm the three-way alliance between Seoul, Washington and Tokyo.
Xi and Park agreed to hold commemorative events to mark the 70th anniversary next year of China’s victory in its war against Japan and the Korean Peninsula’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule, according to China Central Television.
Xi’s visit is viewed as a snub to North Korea by some experts because he broke custom by choosing to visit Seoul ahead of Pyongyang in his first trip to the Korean Peninsula since taking office last year.
The Chinese and South Korean leaders agreed that their countries will strengthen strategic cooperative partnership even more, in a stark contrast to the two countries’ frayed relations with Japan.
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