"The foreign ministers of China and Japan met on the sidelines of a regional summit in Vietnam." That phrase, "met on the sidelines of [a different meeting]" has shown up at least twice in our listening class (Units 4 & 7) and here it is again. The annual Asean summit began yesterday and the foreign ministers of Japan and China met about their latest diplomatic argument, even though that was not the main reason that they came to Hanoi.
When leaders come to a meeting or summit and meet for a different purpose during that summit, you will often see it reported as they "met on the sidelines."
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