Xi, Lee reaffirm bilateral ties at second summit

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Xi Jinping and Lee Jae Myung reaffirmed bilateral ties at their second meeting in just two months, just a day after North Korea launched ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.

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00:00Chinese President Xi Jinping and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung have reaffirmed bilateral

00:06ties at their second meeting in just two months.

00:10At their summit in Beijing, Xi says the two countries share common interests and should

00:15ramp up communication as neighbors.

00:18The meeting marks Lee's first visit to China since taking office in June 2025 and makes

00:24him the first head of state to visit China in the new year.

00:29Earlier today, China and South Korea signed 14 Membrandums of Understanding and agreed

00:35to launch a ministerial-level commerce dialogue channel.

00:39Beyond expanding economic cooperation, Lee is also seeking to leverage China's influence

00:44over North Korea as part of his efforts to improve ties with Pyongyang.

00:49The two leaders last met in November on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Gyeongju, a

00:54meeting Seoul described as a reset of strained relations.

00:59This later summit comes just a day after nuclear-armed North Korea fired two ballistic missiles into

01:06the Sea of Japan.

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