Lee, Xi discuss resuming
Updated : 2025-11-01 22:09:40 KST
Lee, Xi discuss resuming dialogue with N. Korea
We start over in the city of Gyeongju where a much anticipated summit took place between the presidents of South Korea and China earlier on this Saturday. I have my colleague Yoon Jung-min standing by at the Media Center with the latest. Jung-min welcome. DO fill us in. Sunny. The first one-on-one between Presidents Lee Jae Myung and Xi Jinping began with a handshake. Upon arrival, the Chinese leader signed the guestbook and received a traditional welcoming ceremony.
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The leaders also inspected an honor guard. During their talks, a message of bilateral cooperation was prominent. "I look forward to APEC being served as a platform for cooperation to develop the Korea-China strategic partnership in a more mature manner, taking the opportunity of your state visit." "China and South Korea are important, close neighbors and inseparable partners for cooperation." Xi is on a state visit to South Korea for the first time in 11 years.
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inspect 사열하다
an honor guard 의장대
prominent 중요한
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President Lee gave his guest a premier-class go board, the game known as Xi's favorite, and a Korean lacquerware tray, hoping for a long-lasting friendship between the two countries. A friendly session to get to know each other and a state dinner were also scheduled. And what more can you share about the content of their conversation? North Korea is high on the agenda, with President Lee saying recent exchanges between Pyongyang and Beijing form conditions for engagement with North Korea. Take a listen.
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premier-class 최상급의
go board 바둑판
lacquerware 칠기(류)
tray 쟁반; 쟁반 모양의 접시
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"Taking such an opportunity, I hope to strengthen strategic communication between South Korea and China to resume dialogue with North Korea." "We are willing to inject more positive energy for peace and development in the region by strengthening communication with South Korea, deepening our cooperation, and expanding common interests." This morning, North Korea protested the agenda of denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula set to be discussed between Seoul and Beijing, calling such an effort a "silly dream."
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protest 이의를 제기하다, 항의하다
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Another area of focus is on the potential lifting of China's restrictions on Korean cultural content that began in 2017, following Korea allowing the deployment of a U.S. THAAD missile defense system. The leaders exchanged six MOUs today, including a won-yuan currency swap renewal and the joint tackling of online scam crimes. The week full of diplomacy in Gyeongju is almost over, where the South Korean leader held separate meetings with his counterparts from the U.S., Japan and China in just that week. Back to you, Sunny. Right Jung-min a busy diplomatic week for the president. Thank you for that coverage from Gyeongju .
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