The summit is expected to bring together several major world leaders. US President Donald Trump is set to meet Xi and Russian President Vladimir Putin next Thursday on the sidelines of APEC, with nuclear arms reductions among the issues on the agenda, the White House said.
Cho said Seoul would seek to use Lee’s visit to advance bilateral ties and expand “horizontal and mutually beneficial” cooperation in areas where the two countries have complementary strengths.
Lee’s administration has sought to improve relations with China, South Korea’s largest trading partner, after ties were strained under former president Yoon Suk Yeol, while maintaining Seoul’s security alliance with the United States.
Wang said on Friday that China wanted to expand cooperation with South Korea in traditional industries and emerging sectors including artificial intelligence and biomedicine. He said bilateral ties had returned to the right track after exchanges between the two countries’ leaders.
