China's President Xi Jinping on Saturday said he will seriously consider visiting South Korea, Yonhap news agency reported, as part of efforts to support peace and security on the Korean Peninsula.
talks in Seoul on Sept. 26 involving senior officials from China, Japan and South Korea, intended to pave the way for the first summit between the three countries in four years.
Xi told Han he would welcome such a summit at an opportune time and would seriously consider visiting South Korea, Yonhap reported.China attaches great importance to the positive willingness of South Korea to commit to cooperation, Xi said, according to CCTV, and asked South Korea to meet it half way to maintain the direction of friendly cooperation. The two countries can deepen mutually beneficial cooperations, he said.
Citing what it said was a high-ranking South Korean government official, Yonhap reported that Xi had said China supports dialogue between the two Koreas and will continue efforts for peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, while Han had asked China to play a constructive role in relations with North Korea.to Russia earlier this month, which angered the United States, Japan and South Korea.
Reporting by Albee Zhang and Ryan Woo in Beijing and Joyce Lee in Seoul; Editing by Mike Harrison and David Holmes
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