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BEIJING, Dec. 25-- The latest meeting of leaders of China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) bolstered mutual trust and trilateral cooperation, international experts and officials have said. China, Japan and the ROK on Tuesday released the Trilateral Cooperation Vision for the Next Decade and the Trilateral + X Cooperation Early Harvest Projects during the 8th China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting in China's southwestern city of Chengdu. The meeting made the world once again aware of the influence of the three countries on regional and global affairs, said Liu Di, professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences of Kyorin University in Tokyo. Over the past 20 years, great achievements have been made in trilateral cooperation among the three countries, which played an important role in guiding the development of world economy in a rational way, Liu said. At a time when the international order and economic and trade relations are facing uNPRecedented uncertainties, mutual trust and cooperation among the three countries are of great significance to both the region and the world, the professor added. At present, there is a growing attention on non-traditional security issues in east Asia, said Liu, adding that the three countries will share broad space for cooperation in these fields. Lee Jong-heon, former secretary-general of the Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat, said the three countries reached more consensus on how to promote peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia through the meeting, which is conducive to further boosting regional cooperation. | 
