Lee proposes ministerial talks with Japan, China over global turmoil

By Yoo Cheong-mo
SEOUL, Oct. 3 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Myung-bak on Friday proposed that South Korea, China and Japan hold a tripartite meeting between their finance ministers to discuss closer policy coordination in the face of global financial turmoil.

Lee made the proposal while presiding over a meeting with his financial
policymakers, including Finance Minister Kang Man-soo, at the presidential office
Cheong Wa Dae, according to presidential spokesman Lee Dong-kwan.
The president also instructed his Cabinet ministers to immediately push to hold a
bilateral finance ministerial meeting with Russia, which was agreed to during his
summit talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev in Moscow on Monday.
ycm@yna.co.kr
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