Wen Jiabao Holds Talks with ROK President Lee Myung-bak

SEOUL, May 28 (Xinhua Wei Ming Jinwei classes) Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao, 28, Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul for talks with South Korean President Lee Myung-bak. On bilateral relations and common regional and international issues of concern to frank, in-depth exchange of views and agreed to continue to promote China-ROK strategic cooperative partnership.

Wen said that in recent years, Sino-ROK relations have witnessed new development, the two countries established a strategic cooperative partnership to further deepen mutual political trust, fruitful cooperation in various fields, in major regional and international issues and maintain good communication and coordination. In response to the process of international financial crisis, the two countries cooperate closely to maintain and promote the common interests. China and South Korea are important countries in East Asia, have extensive common interests and shoulder common responsibility. China to develop relations with South Korea on the importance of diplomacy around the position, willingness to work together, focus on the overall situation and long-term, enhance communication, coordination and cooperation to benefit the two peoples and promote regional peace and prosperity.

Wen said China-ROK economic and trade cooperation maintained good momentum, the two sides should make joint efforts to overcome the international financial crisis, the negative impact, and further enhance the level of cooperation, to achieving the bilateral trade reached 200 billion U.S. dollars in 2012, reached 300 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 objectives. To strengthen the macroeconomic policy coordination, common implement the "China-ROK economic and trade cooperation and long-term development planning report", to promote key cooperation areas and projects, cultivate new growth points in economic and trade cooperation; China-ROK FTA joint study VLSI successful completion of The two sides may start later this year or early next year in the negotiations; to deepen high-tech, circular areas of economic cooperation, promote bilateral economic and trade facilitation, jointly oppose trade protectionism; to expand the human and youth exchanges, enhancing the two peoples mutual understanding and friendship; to strengthen the Group of 20 within the framework of cooperation to promote the reform of international economic governance system towards a just and reasonable direction. China supports South Korea in the second half of this year the Group of 20 summit organized.

Lee said the ROK are committed to developing strategic partnership of cooperation in extensive areas between the two countries developed rapidly. The two sides close exchanges at all levels, fruitful economic and trade cooperation. To jointly address the international financial crisis, common to oppose trade protectionism, and maintained good development momentum of bilateral trade, but also to promote world economic recovery has made important contributions. ROK is willing to continue to work with China to maintain high-level exchanges and political dialogue, further enhancing bilateral trade levels, and actively promote free trade zone between the two countries build and expand clean energy, environmental protection, green fields of economic cooperation, the Shanghai World Expo, Internet Office " Visit "as an opportunity to promote cultural exchanges. South Korea hoped the Group of 20 within such multilateral mechanisms to strengthen communication and coordination with China.