李克强总理呼吁中日韩合作

 　　Premier 1 Li Keqiang said the three sides had a frank exchange of views and reached consensus 2 on a series of issues.

　　"We have agreed on facing history squarely, aiming towards the future and appropriately managing sensitive issues including historical issues. And we have agreed to promote healthy and stable development in all areas including trilateral cooperation and bilateral 3 relations. We agreed to strive together for peace and stability in the region and also for regional economic integration 4 in Northeast Asia."
　　Premier Li also highlighted the significance of enhancing mutual 5 trust.
　　"A good political mutual trust is an important foundation for deepening development, and it forms the premise 6 of common ground on major issues, including historical issues. All the three countries should also take the responsibility of safeguarding regional stability, particularly peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, so as to build a pleasant environment for regional security and development."
　　李克强总理呼吁中日韩合作
　　He added that the three sides should keep a firm grasp on the general direction of their relations, so as to push forward their cooperation and allow their just-resumed trilateral summit to proceed regularly.
　　In the meantime, Premier Li also suggested that the three nations should maintain regional financial stability, and expressed hopes that the free trade agreement signed by China and South Korea in June could take effect as soon as possible.
　　China will facilitate negotiations 7 of the trilateral FTA and the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership 8 in a bid to promote regional integration.
　　For her part, South Korean President Park Geun-hye stressed the importance of maintaining regional peace and stability.
　　"We reconfirmed that maintaining peace and stability in the Korean Peninsula corresponds to mutual interests of three countries and that we must adhere to the aim of denuclearising North Korea, and we agreed to strive together for the quick resumption of meaningful six-party talks."
　　A joint 9 declaration released after the trilateral summit says the three countries reaffirmed their commitment to hold the trilateral meeting on a regular basis.
　　It also says the three countries have agreed to expand people-to-people exchanges so as to dispel 10 negative national public sentiment among the three Northeast Asian neighbors.
　　The China-Japan-South Korea summit had taken place annually 11 from 2008 to 2012 before it bogged 12 down due to Japanese provocations 13 on historical and territorial 14 issues that angered both China and South Korea.
　　The next China-Japan-South Korea summit is expected to be held next year in Japan.
　　For CRI, I'm Xie Cheng.