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China's Xi Urges South Korea's Lee to Protect Free Trade in First Talks
- South Korean President Lee Jae-myung took office on June 4, 2025, and held his first phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 10 in Beijing.
- Lee’s victory in a snap election followed the December ouster of Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law attempt caused political instability in South Korea.
- During their call, Xi urged strengthening economic ties, respecting each other's core interests, safeguarding free trade, and elevating their strategic partnership.
- Xi stated a sound and deepening China-South Korea relationship would serve both peoples' interests and contribute to regional and global peace and stability.
- The dialogue signals a shift toward improved cooperation despite past tensions since a 2017 dispute over South Korea’s US missile defense installation.
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Telephone conversation between the South Korean neo-president and the Chinese leader, which lasted about 30 minutes. Beijing insisted on the importance of multilateralism in the context of the economic confrontation opened by Trump's duties. Seoul asked Xi for a constructive role in the process of denuclearization of the Korean peninsula.
South Korean president invites Chinese leader Xi to APEC meeting
President Lee Jae-myung invited Chinese President Xi Jinping to the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit to be held in Korea later this year, according to the presidential office Tuesday. In their first official phone conversation, the leaders highlighted the two countries’ commitment to deepening their strategic partnership, it said. Xi is the third world leader that Lee has talked over the phone since his June inauguration, followin…
President Xi Jinping said Tuesday that China and South Korea should lift their strategic cooperative partnership to a higher level, so as to deliver more benefits to the two peoples and bring greater certainty to the turbulent regional and international landscapes.
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