Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Ma Zhaoxu announces:

At the invitation of Premier Wen Jiabao of the State Council, ROK President Lee Myung-bak and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama arrived at Beijing today for the Second China-Japan-ROK Leaders' Meeting to be held on October 10. This year marks the 10th anniversary of China-Japan-ROK cooperation. The meeting will review and summarize the past and map out the future of trilateral cooperation for further development. Leaders of the three countries will also exchange views on international and regional issues of common interest.