China and South Korea on Sunday reaffirmed their strategic cooperative partnership and expressed willingness to continue to move forward in this direction. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, met with South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin on the sidelines of the trilateral foreign ministers’ meeting between China, Japan and South Korea in Busan, South Korea.
Wang said that since the establishment of diplomatic ties more than 30 years ago, China and South Korea have seen comprehensive and rapid development in their relations with mutual achievements and common prosperity, bringing huge benefits to the two peoples and contributing to regional peace and stability. In recent years, profound changes have taken place in the international and regional landscapes, and China-South Korea relations have also faced new situations, he said.—Xinhua
