Xi meets ROK president, calling for advancing bilateral ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping meets with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, Dec. 23, 2019. (Xinhua/Rao Aimin)

BEIJING, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping on Monday met with President of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Moon Jae-in at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.

China and the ROK should deepen and develop their strategic cooperative partnership, accommodate each other's core interests and major concerns, and lift bilateral ties to a higher level, Xi said.

Moon is in China to attend the 8th China-Japan-ROK leaders' meeting, which will be held in China's southwestern city of Chengdu on Tuesday.