WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A trilateral summit this week between the leaders of the United States, South Korea and Japan should not be seen as “provocative” by China, State Department Deputy Spokesperson Vedant Patel said on Tuesday.
“There is no reason to view this summit as provocative or any kind of step or effort to incite tensions,” Patel said at regular press briefing when he was asked about China’s view of the summit. “What this is about is deepening our partnership and collaboration on a number of areas that we believe are in the mutual shared interest of our three countries.”
(Reporting by Humeyra Pamuk and Simon Lewis)
