Chinese leader Xi Jinping and new South Korean president Moon Jae-In agreed Thursday that denuclearising North Korea was a "common goal" between them, Moon's office said.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday hinted at possibly scrapping an agreement reached with Tokyo over Japan's sexual enslavement of Korean women during World War II, insisting that most South Koreans could not accept the deal reached by the former Seoul government.
Moon told Xi during the 40-minute call that he plans to send a special delegation to Beijing for talks on both topics, Moon's office said in a statement.
Moon spoke to Xi about the difficulties faced by some South Korean companies doing business in China facing discrimination in retaliation for the THAAD deployment.
The U.S. and North Korea aren't now involved in any diplomacy.
SEOUL-South Korea's Moon Jae-in opened his presidency by declaring his willingness to go to North Korea when conditions are right, in keeping with a campaign promise to seek dialogue with his country's nuclear-armed neighbor. Moon also has questioned the deployment of a USA missile defense system the last government rushed into service.
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"I will quickly move to solve the crisis in national security", Moon told the national assembly in Seoul after he was sworn in as successor to Park Geun-hye, who is awaiting trial on corruption and other charges after being impeached late previous year.
Others suggest that Moon's election should not be misinterpreted to mean that Seoul will be willing to make unilateral concessions regarding Pyongyang and its nuclear and missile programs. "If the conditions are right, I will go to Pyongyang". "I want to say it sternly".
In addition to the U.S. Navy presence, President Trump's approach to North Korea's provocations has also included cutting off financial aid to Kim Jong-un's regime, as well as foiling missile launches with advanced digital disruption technology. The alliance has weathered previous disagreements between the White House and the Blue House, including a period when George W. Bush pursued policies that resemble Trump's and two South Korean presidents (one of them was Moon's former boss) supported policies that mirror Moon's. China contends the system's radar ranges into its territory and threatens its security.
It wasn't clear whether Moon used the conversation to call for a renegotiation of the deal.
Moon, who was a close aide to Roh Moo-hyun, South Korea's last leader to adopt a "sunshine" policy of diplomatic and economic outreach toward the North, has called for a balance of pressure and engagement. Jae-in is South Korea's first democratic president in over 10 years, and a major shift in inter-Korean policy is expected to change the political climate in the peninsula significantly.
A protester in Seoul, South Korea, holds a cutout of President Donald Trump during a rally against deployment of the USS Carl Vinson to the Korean Peninsula.
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