Xi Jinping Meets Prime Minister Han: "I Will Seriously Consider Visiting Korea"

Chinese President Xi Jinping reportedly told Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on the 23rd (local time) in Hangzhou, China, that he would "seriously consider visiting South Korea."

On the 23rd, Han Duck-soo, the Prime Minister of South Korea, who visited China to attend the opening ceremony of the Hangzhou Asian Games, held a bilateral meeting with Xi Jinping, the President of China, at the West Lake State Guesthouse. Photo by the Prime Minister's Office

A senior government official briefed on the outcome of the bilateral meeting held in downtown Hangzhou that day, saying, "President Xi himself brought up the issue of visiting South Korea first."

The official emphasized that President Xi mentioned the visit first, indicating that "he knows it is his turn to visit South Korea." The official also added, "President Xi's visit to South Korea has been postponed for a long time."

President Xi has not visited South Korea since his state visit in July 2014 during the Park Geun-hye administration.

On November 15 last year, during the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, President Xi held his first meeting with President Yoon Suk-yeol and said, "Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, I have not been able to visit South Korea," adding, "Once the COVID-19 situation stabilizes to some extent, I will gladly accept President Yoon's invitation to visit South Korea."

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