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BEIJING, Oct. 27 (Yonhap) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on Japan on Tuesday to face up to history and learn lessons from its wartime aggression, ahead of a trilateral summit among South Korea, China and Japan in Seoul.
President Park Geun-hye will host Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe over the weekend for the three-way summit that had been on hold since 2012 due to a bitter territorial dispute between China and Japan, as well as Japan's unrepentant attitude over its wartime past.
Speaking at a forum on public diplomacy among South Korea, China and Japan, Wang said cooperation among the three nations has been significantly undermined because of Japan's "retrogression toward history."
"If the issue of history is properly dealt with, cooperation among the three nations will move forward. If not, it will be inevitably halted," Wang said.
"If the issue of history is properly dealt with, cooperation among the three nations will move forward. If not, it will be inevitably halted," Wang said.
South Korea, China and Japan last held a trilateral summit in May 2012. The annual event has been stalled since then, mainly due to a then-simmering territorial dispute between China and Japan, as well as Japan's lack of apologies over its atrocities during World War II.
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