[Anchor]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who arrived in South Korea yesterday (the 19th), emphasized "peace and coexistence" between the two Koreas and stated that China will also play a constructive role. Regarding a North Korea-U.S. summit, he said it is a matter for Pyongyang and Washington to decide, while calling for a shift in U.S. policy toward North Korea.
Reporting by Kim Hye-young.
[Reporter]
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi is visiting South Korea for the first time in five years.
Sitting down with Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, he stated that China would play a constructive role for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
[Wang Yi / Chinese Foreign Minister: We hope that South and North Korea can gradually move toward a path of peaceful coexistence and sincerely wish for the lasting stability and development of the Korean Peninsula.]
As President Lee Jae-myung proposed inter-Korean "peaceful coexistence" in his Liberation Day congratulatory address, Foreign Minister Wang has also echoed mentions of peace and coexistence between the two Koreas.
Minister Cho emphasized the "denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula" and asked for China's cooperation.
[Cho Hyun / Minister of Foreign Affairs: (The South Korean government) will strive for the denuclearization and realization of peace on the Korean Peninsula. We hope to cooperate with China based on the shared interests of peace and stability on the peninsula....]
Immediately following the talks, Foreign Minister Wang did not avoid questions from reporters.
[Wang Yi / Chinese Foreign Minister: (Regarding a North Korea-U.S. summit) That is a matter to be decided between North Korea and the United States. In particular, the United States must change its long-standing hostile policy toward North Korea.]
When a reporter asked, "The Trump administration views the Lee Jae-myung administration as a 'pro-China government.' How do you evaluate this view?", he responded as follows:
[Wang Yi / Chinese Foreign Minister: The Lee Jae-myung administration is a government that safeguards South Korea's interests, and friendly cooperation with China serves South Korea's interests.]
Foreign Minister Wang assessed that South Korea-China relations have entered a "trajectory of improvement and development" since the launch of the Lee Jae-myung administration.
Foreign Minister Wang is scheduled to pay a courtesy call on President Lee Jae-myung at the presidential office today and hold talks and a luncheon with Wi Sung-lac, Director of the National Security Office.
(Photo courtesy of Cho Choon-dong | Video by Park Choon-bae)
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