China and South Korea agreed on Tuesday to promote bilateral
comprehensive and cooperative partnership.
The agreement was reached during a meeting between Chinese
Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and his South Korean counterpart Ban
Ki-moonon the sidelines of the fifth ministerial conference of Asia
Cooperation Dialogue which opened in the Qatari capital Doha
earlier Tuesday.
The two sides exchanged views on bilateral ties and regional and
international issues of mutual concern.
Both ministers vowed to continue actively implementing the
consensus reached by their leaders and boost Sino-South Korean
comprehensive and cooperative partnership.
Li also held separate talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei
Lavrov, Mongolian Foreign Minister Nyamaa Enkhbold and Malaysian
Foreign Minister Syed Hamid Albar.
(Xinhua News Agency May 24, 2006)
