Lee, Xi holds phone talks: China urges South Korea to deepen relations, maintain multilateralism; ‘Standing relationship aligns with a trend of time’
The state media said that in a phone call with the new South Korean President Lee J-Mung, Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday urged to protect multiplicity with Beijing and maintain free trade. According to Xinhua, Xi urged Lee to “inject more certainty in regional and international situations” from Lee to Lee, “also to promote strategic cooperative partnership at a higher level”.Xi said, “A healthy, stable and persistent China -Dakshin Korea aligns with a trend of time,” Xi said.The Chinese premiere said, “Close bilateral cooperation and multilateral coordination should be jointly maintained to maintain multilateralism and free trade, which ensures stability and smooth functioning of global and regional industrial and supply chains,” said the Chinese premiere.Lee, a Center-Leam leader won the presidential post in a landslide earlier this month, as the Snap elections were called after his predecessor to implement the martial law of Suk Yeol, which was a pioneer for his impeachment. Seoul has long run a diplomat tight rope while maintaining a delicate balance between its top trading partner, China and its security partners, the United States.Bilateral relations between Beijing and Seoul suffered a slowdown under this, which closely aligned with the United States and demanded to improve relations with former colonial master Japan.But Trump’s Tariff Blitz has provided a new inspiration to both export -powered economies to improve their equation that now find themselves in crosshare of American duties.Additionally, Lee suggested during his campaign that he would work to enhance relations with Beijing. And asked to ring the alarm bell that no future struggle between China and Taiwan would not worry about South Korea.
