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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-"2+2" TALKS-CHINA

(240620) -- SEOUL, June 20, 2024 Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM) -- China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (2nd L) and Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission Zhang Baoqun (1st L), and South Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-kyun (2nd R) and Director General of International Policy Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense Lee Seung-buhm, pose for a group photo prior to the first vice-ministerial level diplomatic and security "2+2" talks between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul, South Korea, June 18, 2024. The talks were held here on Tuesday. Both sides briefed each other of their respective foreign and security policies and had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-ROK relations and international and regional issues of common concern. Photo by Xinhua/ABACAPRESS.COM/Yao Qilin)

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SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-"2+2" TALKS-CHINA

(240620) -- SEOUL, June 20, 2024 (Xinhua) -- China's Vice Foreign Minister Sun Weidong (2nd L) and Deputy Director of the Office for International Military Cooperation of the Central Military Commission Zhang Baoqun (1st L), and South Korea's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Hong-kyun (2nd R) and Director General of International Policy Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense Lee Seung-buhm, pose for a group photo prior to the first vice-ministerial level diplomatic and security "2+2" talks between China and the Republic of Korea (ROK) in Seoul, South Korea, June 18, 2024. The talks were held here on Tuesday. Both sides briefed each other of their respective foreign and security policies and had a candid and in-depth exchange of views on China-ROK relations and international and regional issues of common concern. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin)

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S. Korea, Japan hold vice ministerial talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - Visiting Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Akitaka Saiki (L) and his South Korean counterpart Cho Tae Yong (R) hold talks at South Korea's Foreign Ministry in Seoul on March 12, 2014.

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S. Korea, Japan hold vice ministerial talks in Seoul

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean Vice Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yong (L) and his Japanese counterpart Akitaka Saiki shake hands in Seoul on March 12, 2014, prior to their talks.

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Japan-ASEAN defense meeting

NAHA, Japan - Japanese Vice Defense Minister Masanori Nishi (C) reads out a message of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during a defense vice ministerial meeting of Japan and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Feb. 18, 2014.

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Japan, China to hold talks

BEIJING, China - Vice Foreign Minister Chikao Kawai arrives at Beijing airport on Sept. 24, 2012, for vice ministerial talks between Japan and China in the Chinese capital, in a bid to mend bilateral ties following Japan's nationalization of the Senkaku Islands claimed by China.

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Noda at meeting of senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L, standing) speaks during a meeting of senior vice ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 5, 2011. He appointed 22 Diet members to senior vice ministerial posts earlier in the day.

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China, ASEAN hold special meeting on bird flu

BEIJING, China - China hosts a one-day vice-ministerial meeting on bird flu March 2 with the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Beijing. China proposed establishing a public health fund and cooperating in training experts.

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Japan, Mexico to hold vice-ministerial talks on FTA

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Angel Villalobos, Mexican vice minister of economy in charge of international commerce, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his office on Feb. 20. He said that Japan and Mexico will hold vice-ministerial talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) around March 4 in Tokyo and that the ongoing negotiations are expected to wrap up soon.

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Japan, China begin economic talks to prevent trade conflict

BEIJING, China - The Japanese (R) and Chinese delegations sit Oct. 15 in Beijing for the Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultations. The first vice ministerial economic talks between the two countries are intended to head off bilateral trade conflict and promote cooperation in East Asia.

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Japan, U.S. begin vice-ministerial talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi (L) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 28 at the outset of their talks on diplomatic, security and economic issues.

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Japan, China begin vice-ministerial talks over trade

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and China begin vice-ministerial talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19 in a last-ditch effort to resolve a trade dispute stemming from Tokyo's emergency import curbs on three farm products mostly from China.

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Inter-Korea talks in Beijing fail

Vice ministerial-level talks between North and South Korea break down in Beijing on July 2 over agenda priorities. Photo shows chief South Korean delegate, Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, leaving a press conference at a Beijing hotel after the talks. Both sides failed to fix a date for the next round of talks.

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South, North Korea begin vice-ministerial talks

Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, and Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, begin the first bilateral vice-ministerial talks in 14 months at Beijing's Kempinski Hotel on June 22.

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Inter-Korean talks begin in Beijing

Yang Young Shik (R), South Korean Vice Unification Minister, and Pak Yong Su (L), vice director of the North Korean Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Fatherland, shake hands prior to the start of bilateral vice-ministerial talks at Kempinski Hotel in Beijing on June 22.

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2 Koreas fail to begin vice-ministerial talks

South Korea's Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, who heads a South Korean delegation at the vice-ministerial talks with North Korea, meets the press in Beijing on June 21 after officials of the two countries failed to begin the talks the same day in the Chinese capital. The North Korean delegation was quoted as saying it would attend the talks only after it confirmed the arrival of 100,000 tons of fertilizer. The South had promised to deliver to North Korea by June 20.

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Japan, China begin vice-ministerial talks over trade

TOKYO, Japan - Japan and China begin vice-ministerial talks in Tokyo on Dec. 19 in a last-ditch effort to resolve a trade dispute stemming from Tokyo's emergency import curbs on three farm products mostly from China.

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State Institutional Reform Before The Old Ministries Door Plate Plaque

Citizens pose for photos in front of the State Administration for Industry and Commerce in Beijing, capital of China, March 13, 2018. Ministries and commissions of the State Council and other bodies of the State Council will be reduced by eight ministerial-level bodies and seven vice-ministerial-level bodies.

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Japan, China hold talks on economic partnership

Japan and China hold vice ministerial-level talks in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2015, to lay the groundwork for their first ministerial meeting on economic cooperation in about five and a half years in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, China hold talks on economic partnership

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Yasumasa Nagamine (L) and Gao Yan, China's vice minister of commerce, shake hands ahead of vice ministerial-level talks on economic cooperation in Beijing on Dec. 11, 2015. The two nations are trying to lay the ground for their first ministerial meeting on the issue in about five and a half years in the spring of 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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2 Koreas begin vice-ministerial talks to improve ties

South Korean officials, including Vice Unification Minister Hwang Boo Gi (C), leave Seoul on Dec. 11, 2015, for the North Korean border city of Kaesong to attend vice-ministerial talks to discuss ways to improve bilateral ties following heightened cross-border military tensions in August. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Sugiyama arrives in Seoul to attend vice ministerial talks

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama arrives at the Gimpo International Airport in Seoul on Oct. 29, 2015, to attend the vice ministerial talks to pave the way for the Nov. 1 trilateral summit also involving China. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan, Russia hold territorial talks

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama meets with reporters on Oct. 8, 2015, at the Japanese Embassy in Moscow, following talks with his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov over the bilateral territorial issue. While agreeing to continue the vice-ministerial level talks, the two sides made no further progress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Defense vice-ministerial talks held in Sapporo

Photo taken Sept. 7, 2015, in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo shows defense vice ministerial-level talks involving Japan and the member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations. They agreed to cooperate in addressing security challenges in the region. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan sees greater terror threat after hostage murder

Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga (L), next to Eriko Yamatani, chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission, addresses a vice ministerial meeting at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Feb. 3, 2015, aimed at discussing ways to better protect Japanese citizens from international crimes and terrorism. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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N. Korean diplomat Choe Son Hui

Undated file photo shows Choe Son Hui, director general of the North American department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry. She has been promoted to a vice ministerial position, NK News reported on Feb. 28, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Senior diplomats of Japan, Russia discuss territorial issue

Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama (R) shakes hands with his Russian counterpart Igor Morgulov in Moscow on Oct. 8, 2015. They discussed a bilateral territorial issue concerning the Russian-held islands off northern Japan in the first vice ministerial-level meeting since January 2014, but made no progress. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-China trade talks

Vehicles carrying U.S. delegates are seen entering the Chinese Commerce Ministry building in Beijing on Jan. 9, 2019, for bilateral vice-ministerial trade talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Noda at meeting of senior vice ministers

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda (2nd from L, standing) speaks during a meeting of senior vice ministers at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on the night of Sept. 5, 2011. He appointed 22 Diet members to senior vice ministerial posts earlier in the day. (Kyodo)

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U.S.-China trade talks in Beijing

U.S. negotiators arrive at the Chinese Commerce Ministry in Beijing on Feb. 13, 2019, for vice ministerial-level trade talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-China trade talks

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeff Gerrish is seen at a Beijing hotel on his way to vice-ministerial level trade talks with China on Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-China trade talks

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeff Gerrish is pictured leaving his hotel for the third day of U.S.-China vice ministerial trade talks in Beijing on Jan. 9, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-China trade talks

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeff Gerrish (2nd from R) leaves his hotel in Beijing on Jan. 7, 2019, for vice ministerial-level talks with China at its Commerce Ministry amid the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S.-China trade talks

Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeff Gerrish (C) leaves his hotel in Beijing on Jan. 7, 2019, for vice ministerial-level talks with China at its Commerce Ministry amid the ongoing trade dispute between the two countries. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Russia vice ministerial talks

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov (C) and Japanese Senior Deputy Foreign Minister Takeo Mori (R) shake hands, alongside Eiichi Hasegawa, a special adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan-Russia vice ministerial talks

Japan and Russia hold vice ministerial-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 6, 2018 on joint economic activities on a group of islands off Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese Foreign Minister Kono

Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono speaks to reporters after a Cabinet meeting in Tokyo on Jan. 30, 2018. Japan and Russia are scheduled to hold another round of vice ministerial-level talks in Tokyo on Feb. 6 to seek progress on a long-standing territorial row over a group of islands off Hokkaido. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North plan to join Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (R) explains in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, the North's plan to join the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February following vice ministerial talks between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjeom earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North plan to join Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung explains in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, the North's plan to join the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February following vice ministerial talks between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjeom earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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North plan to join Pyeongchang Olympics

South Korean Vice Unification Minister Chun Hae Sung (C) explains in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, the North's plan to join the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics in February following vice ministerial talks between the two Koreas in the truce village of Panmunjeom earlier in the day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Talks on North's participation in Winter Olympics

Chun Hae Sung (C), a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, prior to vice ministerial-level talks with North Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjeom to work out the details of the North's participation in February's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Talks on North's participation in Winter Olympics

Chun Hae Sung, a senior official of South Korea's Unification Ministry, speaks to reporters in Seoul on Jan. 17, 2018, prior to vice ministerial-level talks with North Korea at the border truce village of Panmunjeom to work out the details of the North's participation in February's Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Japan, S. Korea to discuss N. Korea's nuke, missile issues

Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Shinsuke Sugiyama arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul on Oct. 17, 2017, to attend a foreign vice-ministerial meeting between the United States, Japan and South Korea the following day to discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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U.S., Japan, S. Korea to discuss N. Korea's nuke, missile issues

U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan arrives at Gimpo International Airport in Seoul on Oct. 17, 2017, to attend a foreign vice-ministerial meeting between the United States, Japan and South Korea the following day to discuss North Korea's nuclear and missile threats. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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China, ASEAN hold special meeting on bird flu

BEIJING, China - China hosts a one-day vice-ministerial meeting on bird flu March 2 with the 10 members of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Beijing. China proposed establishing a public health fund and cooperating in training experts. (Kyodo)

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Japan, Mexico to hold vice-ministerial talks on FTA

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Angel Villalobos, Mexican vice minister of economy in charge of international commerce, speaks in an interview with Kyodo News at his office on Feb. 20. He said that Japan and Mexico will hold vice-ministerial talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) around March 4 in Tokyo and that the ongoing negotiations are expected to wrap up soon. (Kyodo)

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Japan, China begin economic talks to prevent trade conflict

BEIJING, China - The Japanese (R) and Chinese delegations sit Oct. 15 in Beijing for the Japan-China Economic Partnership Consultations. The first vice ministerial economic talks between the two countries are intended to head off bilateral trade conflict and promote cooperation in East Asia. (Kyodo)

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Japan, U.S. begin vice-ministerial talks

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Vice Foreign Minister Yukio Takeuchi (L) and U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage shake hands in Tokyo on Aug. 28 at the outset of their talks on diplomatic, security and economic issues.

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Inter-Korea talks in Beijing fail

Vice ministerial-level talks between North and South Korea break down in Beijing on July 2 over agenda priorities. Photo shows chief South Korean delegate, Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, leaving a press conference at a Beijing hotel after the talks. Both sides failed to fix a date for the next round of talks.

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Inter-Korea talks in Beijing fail

Vice ministerial-level talks between North and South Korea break down in Beijing on July 2 over agenda priorities. Photo shows chief South Korean delegate, Vice Unification Minister Yang Young Shik, leaving a press conference at a Beijing hotel after the talks. Both sides failed to fix a date for the next round of talks.