Chinese President Holds Talks with South Korean, British Leaders
ISTANBUL (AA) – Chinese President Xi Jinping held separate phone calls with newly elected South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Friday, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
Xi congratulated Yoon on his election and said “the two countries are inseparable partners of cooperation.” Yoon emphasized that Korea wants to maintain high-level contacts with China in order to enhance “mutual trust and promote people-to-people friendship.”
Xi also spoke by phone with the British prime minister. The Chinese leader told Johnson: “over the past half a century, despite some twists and turns, the China-UK relationship has on the whole kept growing.”
For his part, Johnson pointed out that as the two countries are permanent members of the UN Security Council, there are many issues on which London and Beijing have shared interest and can work together.
The two leaders also exchanged views on the situation in Ukraine
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