Chinese Government: "Wang Yi, Foreign Minister, to Visit South Korea and 3 Other Asian Countries from 10th to 15th"

Ministry of Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Announces at Regular Briefing on the 7th

Wang Yi, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister in charge of diplomacy, will visit four Asian countries including South Korea starting from the 10th. The photo shows him attending the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Foreign Ministers' Meeting on July 14 (local time). Photo by Yonhap News.

[Asia Economy Reporter Cha Min-young] The Chinese government announced that Wang Yi, China's State Councilor and Foreign Minister, will visit four Asian countries including South Korea starting from the 10th.

Wang Wenbin, spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated at a regular briefing on the 7th, "Minister Wang Yi will officially visit Vietnam, Cambodia, Singapore, and South Korea from September 10 to 15."

According to the South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Minister Chung Eui-yong and Minister Wang will hold a Korea-China foreign ministers' meeting in Seoul on the 15th. Minister Wang will visit Seoul from the 14th to the 15th at the invitation of the Korean side.

The Korea-China foreign ministers' meeting will be held five months after Minister Chung's visit to Xiamen, Fujian Province, China in April, and Minister Wang's visit to Korea will be the first in about nine months since November last year.

Spokesperson Wang said, "Cambodia, Singapore, and South Korea are all neighboring countries of China and important cooperation partners," adding that Minister Wang's visit will further enhance the friendly relations between China and these countries and deepen mutual cooperation.

Meanwhile, on the occasion of State Councilor Wang's visit to Korea, the Korea-China Humanities Exchange Promotion Committee is also scheduled to be held in relation to the promotion of the 'Year of Korea-China Cultural Exchange.'

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