Wang Yi Holds Talks With South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun in Beijing: Both Sides Look Ahead to a Leaders' Meeting in Shenzhen
South Korea's foreign ministry said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi held talks with visiting South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on the afternoon of November 13. It was the first meeting between the two foreign ministers in three months; Wang visited Seoul in August. The two men had dinner after the talks, and Cho's visit to China ran from November 13 to 14.
Wang said that following the successful exchange of state visits by the two heads of state late last year and early this year, China-South Korea relations are back on a track of improvement and development, and the two sides should keep up high-level exchanges and prepare for the next stage of high-level contact. With next year marking the 35th anniversary of diplomatic ties, he said both sides should work to keep the strategic cooperative partnership developing soundly. Wang expected bilateral trade to hit a record high this year and people-to-people exchanges to recover to about 10 million visits a year.
Cho said peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula are a vital interest of South Korea and a common interest of both countries, and called for continued strategic communication. He said people-to-people exchanges between the two countries were expected to exceed 10 million this year, with trade up more than 40 percent.
Both sides said they looked forward to the two countries' leaders meeting next week on the sidelines of the APEC leaders' meeting in Shenzhen, their first meeting in about 10 months.
Related: South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun visits China November 13-14 for talks with Wang Yi
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea)
Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea
Published by GSM · USA (original Chinese edition)
Photo: 图：位于北京的中国外交部大楼（资料图）。 / Photo: The Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Beijing (file photo).
