SEOUL, Dec 5 (NNN-YONHAP) – South Korea and China agreed to beef up diplomatic and cultural exchanges, to “completely normalise” ties that soured, over the deployment of US anti-missile systems in 2017, Seoul officials said, on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Making his first visit to South Korea in over four years, China’s State Councillor, Wang Yi, who also serves as foreign minister, met South Korean Foreign Minister, Kang Kyung-wha, and was set to meet President Moon Jae-in on Thursday (today).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Relations between the two countries were strained by a dispute that erupted over the installation of the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in South Korea, which led to a sharp slump in South Korea’s tourism, cosmetics and entertainment industries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kang and Wang agreed to hold the first gathering of a planned joint vice-ministerial panel on people-to-people exchanges “in the near future” and create a new meeting on maritime affairs, South Korea’s foreign ministry said, in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Both sides concurred that relations should be put back on a normal orbit and completely normalised,” a ministry official told reporters after the meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kang and Wang also discussed Moon’s expected trip to China later this month, for a trilateral summit with Japan; a possible visit to Seoul by Chinese President, Xi Jinping, as well as, stalled denuclearisation talks between North Korea and the United States, the ministry said.– NNN-YONHAP
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