Chinese President Xi Jinping held a phone call with South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung on Tuesday, emphasizing the importance of strengthening bilateral ties and promoting regional stability, according to China’s state media.
During the call, Xi called for China and South Korea to “jointly safeguard multilateralism” and uphold free trade, state news agency Xinhua reported.
South Korea’s newly elected President Lee Jae-myung took office last weekImage: ANTHONY WALLACE/Pool via REUTERS He also urged the two countries to “inject more certainty into regional and international situations” and to elevate their “strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level.”
A healthy, stable, and deepening relationship between China and South Korea would lead to both regional and global peace, Xi said, according to state-run People’s Daily.
Edited by: Kieran Burke
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