SEOUL: South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed on Sunday (May 26) to launch a diplomatic and security dialogue and resume talks on a free trade agreement, Yoon's office said.
South Korea n President Yoon Suk Yeol greets Chinese Premier Li Qiang during a meeting at the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea , on May 26, 2024. SEOUL: South Korea n President Yoon Suk Yeol and Chinese Premier Li Qiang agreed on Sunday to launch a diplomatic and security dialogue and resume talks on a free trade agreement, Yoon's office said.
The leaders could make progress in areas of practical cooperation like people-to-people exchanges and consular matters, officials and diplomats said. Yoon asked China to play a greater role as a permanent member of the UN Security Council, especially as North Korea continues to develop nuclear missiles and boost military cooperation with Russia, saying another spy satellite launch using intercontinental ballistic-missile technology is imminent.
China will further expand market access, strengthen guarantees for foreign investment and welcomes South Korean companies including Samsung to expand investment and cooperation, he said.In recent years Chinese leaders and diplomats have frequently condemned the US and its allies over export controls targeting its semiconductor industry by calling on these countries to stop"overstretching the concept of national security".
In remarks to reporters after the meeting, Kishida said he asked China to lift a ban on imported Japanese seafood, imposed after Japan began releasing treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant into the Pacific.China-Japan-South Korea relations: Trilateral meeting mooted after Biden's 'ironclad' Camp David gathering
The summit comes as South Korea and Japan have been working to mend ties frayed by historical disputes while deepening a trilateral security partnership with the United States amid intensifying Sino-US rivalry.
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