(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Oul july 03 (qna) - chinese president xi jinping arrived in south korea on thursday for talks with south korean president park geun-hye officials said amid fresh tensions over a series of missile and rocket launches by north korea.
park and xi were to hold a summit meeting later in the day -- the fifth since they took office in 2013 -- to discuss how to further deepen their relations and how to deal with north korea's nuclear weapons program as well as japan's growing nationalism.
it is the first time for a chinese president to visit south korea before traveling to north korea since 1992 when seoul and beijing established diplomatic relations according to (yonhap) news agency.
south korea and china have expressed hope that xi's trip could further strengthen personal ties between the two leaders and enhance their bilateral relations.
also thursday south korea and china plan to sign a set of agreements that call for among other things a strengthened exchange and strategic communication of high-level officials and facilitation of free trade talks as well as a launch of a direct transaction market of their currencies according to south korean officials. (qna
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