Posted December. 13, 2005 07:21,
Korean President Roh Moo-hyun (middle), Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao (right), and Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi encountered each other in the waiting room before the ASEAN + 3 summit, which was held at the convention center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on Monday. Korea and China cancelled the plan to hold a summit among these three countries at the ASEAN + 3 summit due to Koizumis visit to the Yasukuni Shrine.