00:00South Korea President Lee Jae-myung is scheduled to travel to Beijing on Monday
00:05to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
00:07The visit comes at the invite of Xi,
00:09signalling Beijing's intent to strengthen ties with Seoul amid heightened regional tensions.
00:17According to South Korea's National Security Advisor,
00:20the leaders are expected to discuss cooperation in areas including supply chain investment,
00:25tourism and transnational crime.
00:27Lee is also expected to urge China to play what he describes
00:31as a constructive role in addressing issues on the Korean Peninsula.
00:35The Lee administration has previously stressed its goal of restoring relations with China,
00:40South Korea's largest trading partner.
00:43Lee's latest visit will mark the second meeting between Xi and Lee in just two months
00:47and comes ahead of an upcoming meeting between the leaders of South Korea and Japan.
00:53He has said he will not take sides in disputes between China and Japan,
00:56a stance he maintains as tensions around the Taiwan Strait rise
01:00following Beijing's recent large-scale military drills near Taiwan.
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