President Lee Jae-myung is taking action to ease tensions between South Korea and the People’s Republic of China, hoping to enlist the regional power’s help improving relations with the regime to their north.
Lee made this goal explicit during his phone call with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday, in which he called on the foreign government to help his administration roll back nuclear escalation with North Korea.
“President Lee requested China to play a constructive role for the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and peace and security,” presidential spokesperson Kang Yu-jung told reporters. “President Xi in response said the Chinese side would make efforts for the resolution of the issues … as they are matters of common interest to the two countries.”
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