Yoon-Xi Jinping, First South Korea-China Summit Meeting

Successful Meetings During G20 Summit
Follow-up Talks After US and Japan
Urging China's Role for North Korea Denuclearization

President Yoon Suk-yeol is scheduled to hold a South Korea-China summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on the 15th in Bali, Indonesia.
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[Bali (Indonesia) = Asia Economy Reporter Ki-min Lee] President Yoon Suk-yeol will meet face-to-face for the first time with Chinese President Xi Jinping at 6 p.m. (Korean time) on the 15th in Bali, Indonesia. Accordingly, during the regular international summit, President Yoon will hold a series of bilateral meetings with three of the four major powers surrounding the Korean Peninsula: the United States, China, and Japan.

Lee Jae-myung, deputy spokesperson of the presidential office, announced in a briefing that President Yoon and President Xi will hold a Korea-China summit in Bali on the occasion of attending the G20 summit.

The Korea-China summit is the first in three years since it was held in December 2019 at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing during the Korea-China-Japan summit under the previous Moon Jae-in administration. This is the first time President Yoon, who took office in May, will have a meeting with President Xi. During his president-elect period, on March 25, President Yoon received a congratulatory call from President Xi.

In this meeting, President Yoon plans to request China’s active role in leading North Korea’s denuclearization measures amid North Korea’s all-out provocations and the possibility of a seventh nuclear test at any time.

There is also expected to be an explanation of the Korean version of the Indo-Pacific strategy, which was unveiled in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the first stop of his Southeast Asia tour. Regarding the Korea-U.S.-Japan joint declaration, it is anticipated that President Yoon will explain that the Korea-U.S.-Japan cooperation is inevitable as North Korea is escalating provocations, and that Korea-China relations will maintain “mutual reciprocity.”

President Yoon will attend the official sessions of the 17th G20 summit starting on this day, including the food and energy security session and the health session among the food and energy security, health, and digital transformation (DX) sessions. Afterward, he will participate in official events such as luncheons and welcome dinners between leaders outside the main sessions. President Yoon will return to Korea that night.

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