All parties should adhere to the goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula and strive for an early resumption and positive progress of the Six-Party Talks, he said.

Park, for her part, expressed Seoul's willingness to enhance coordination and cooperation with China in order to realize denuclearization in the peninsula and safeguard peace and stability in Northeast Asia.

But whether the trilateral summit meeting will yield fruits depends on Japan's attitude, as both China and South Korea will not compromise their stances on fundamental issues, such as historical ones, for trilateral cooperation.

"If the history question is handled properly, then relations between the three countries can progress. If not, then they will certainly stall," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a seminar ahead of the meeting, urging Japan to sincerely reflect upon its past mistakes and make "a clean break from its disgraceful history so that it can work with China and South Korea to get trilateral cooperation back on track."

Of course, one summit meeting can not solve all issues at one stroke, but it can at least create opportunities for direct contact and communication between the three countries on regional issues.

The parties concerned need to work hard to remove the stumbling block of mutual mistrust and follow the right way forward -- the Six-Party Talks, which has been the only dialogue mechanism acceptable to all the parties.