A tripartite summit between China, Japan and South Korea will be held in Beijing on Oct.10, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu said in Beijing at a regular press conference on thursday.

China is ready to strengthen communication and coordination with Japan and South Korea, to give impetus for new achievements in the upcoming summit, Chinese President Hu Jintao told his South Korean counterpart Lee Myung-bak on the sidelines of the United Nations meetings in New York Wednesday morning.

The first tripartite summit of China, Japan and South Korea was held in Fukuoka, Japan on Dec. 13 of 2008.

(Xinhua News Agency September 24, 2009)