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Yonhap News
2010/12/16
S. Korea, China, Japan sign agreement on establishing cooperation secretariat


SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, China and Japan signed an agreement Thursday to establish a cooperation secretariat in Seoul next year, a landmark accord that represents the first treaty between the neighbors whose relations have often soured over history and other disputes.


South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan, Japanese Ambassador Masatoshi Muto and Chinese Ambassador Zhang Xinsen signed the Agreement on the Establishment of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, the foreign ministry said in a statement.


The agreement is the "first-ever treaty signed between the three governments," the ministry said. "The secretariat is expected to make cooperation among the three countries more substantial and institutional so as to contribute greatly to boost trilateral cooperation in terms of its quality and quantity."


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