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Japanese FM phones Chinese, S Korean counterparts after meeting canceled

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-04-11 14:33

PATTAYA, Thailand -- Japanese Foreign Minister Hirofumi Nakasone made telephone talks with his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi and South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung- Hwan respectively, each for around 20 minutes, on Saturday morning, said Kazuo Kodama, Press Secretary of Japanese Foreign Ministry.

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Japan "regrets" that a scheduled trilateral meeting Saturday morning between foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea was cancelled since Thailand's anti-government demonstrators blocked traffic between the hotel the Japanese Foreign minister is staying and the venue of meeting -- Dusit Thani Hotel where the Chinese and Foreign delegations stay.

The blockage has caused delay of the ASEAN-China summit, scheduled to open Saturday morning.

The ministers discussed the issue of the latest move of DPRK's rocket launch and progress of financial cooperation under the ASEAN Plus Three framework, said Kodama.