Yoon calls for South Korea-China cooperation on peace, economic ties

President Yoon Suk Yeol called for the need for increased cooperation between South Korea and China to ensure regional peace, particularly in response to North Korea’s provocations and the growing military ties between North Korea and Russia, Yonhap news agency reported on Saturday.

Yoon expressed his hope that the two nations could work together to promote stability and peace, addressing issues such as North Korea’s actions, the war in Ukraine, and military cooperation between Russia and North Korea.

Yoon also called for strengthened economic collaboration, which he described as the “central axis” of bilateral relations over the past three decades.

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Xi and Yoon held a summit for the first time in two years on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in Lima, Peru.

Xi told Yoon that ”in the past two years, there has been no shortage of changes in the international and regional situation,” according to Chinese state media, without specifying any country or conflict.

He added that irrespective of those changes, both countries’ economies were highly integrated, shared cultural similarities and were geographically close, advantages that should continue to be tapped into by deepening cooperation.

With inputs from agencies.