Mme. Li Xiaolin, President of the Chinese People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries (CPAFFC), met with Park Sam-gu, President of Republic of Korea and China Friendship Association (RKCFA) on April, 19.
President Li congratulated President Park Sam-gu of his reelection of the President of RKCFA. She hoped President Park Sam-gu to make more efforts on promoting the normalization between China and Korea from the view of people-to-people. President Li reaffirmed that China opposed the deployment of THAAD system in ROK, and stressed that the Chinese side still insists on denuclearization of peninsula and suggests the dual suspension of both sides and moderate the peninsula crisis. President Li also hoped that Korea should keep calm and properly deal with the current sensitive issues, so as to avoid deteriorating of the situation.
Park Sam-gu expressed that he understood the Chinese attitude and hoped that the Chinese side would play more important role in promoting peninsula denuclearization. He also said that this year marks the 25th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic relations between China and Korea. Both sides should take this as an opportunity to improve the bilateral relations.
Mr. Sun Xueqing, Deputy Director General of Department of Asian and African Affairs, attended the meeting.
