PM voices hope for China's positive contribution to inter-Korean relations

Prime Minister Kim Min-seok has said South Korea wishes for China to make positive contributions to inter-Korean relations, including to achieve North Korea's denuclearization. Kim made the remark in an interview with the Hong Kong weekly, Yazhou Zhoukan, ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping's expected visit to South Korea for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit on Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. "We always hope that China will make positive contributions when it comes to inter-Korean relations," he said in the interview conducted Sept. 22 and published Thursday, in response to a question about whether Seoul plans to request Xi's assistance regarding inter-Korean exchanges. "That includes contributions to both promoting peaceful dialogue between South and North, and realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," he added. The prime minister rejected notions that China has established a new trilateral "alliance" involving China, Russia and North Korea to counter the trilateral partnership between South Korea, the United States and Japan. "We take note of President Xi JinpingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times