South Korea's new foreign minister: ``It is desirable for President Xi to visit South Korea''... ``China and South Korea should lower their expectations and move toward the future''

South Korea's new Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yeol said on the 12th, ``I welcome Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to South Korea as soon as the schedule is arranged, and it is desirable for him to visit South Korea as soon as possible.''
Foreign Minister Cho held an inauguration press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Seoul this morning, saying, ``(President Xi's visit to South Korea) does not necessarily need to be linked to the Korea-Japan Summit, but should be promoted separately.'' word
It was. Foreign Minister Cho said, ``We do not have a policy of ``promoting President Xi's visit to South Korea after the Korea-China-Japan summit,'' and added, ``As for the Korea-China-Japan summit, the three countries have already agreed to hold it.''
A circle of sympathy has been formed that says, ``It is desirable that the event be held at a mutually advantageous time,'' so if we proceed based on this, it will realistically be possible for President Xi Jinping to visit South Korea in the future. to be realized
There is a high possibility that it will happen.” Foreign Minister Cho also said, ``President Xi Jinping's visit to South Korea takes priority over President Yoon Seo-gyeol's visit to China.'' Foreign Minister Cho said, ``Until now, the president of our country has visited Beijing.''
``I understand that President Xi will only visit South Korea once, but if things go naturally, I think it would be a good order for President Xi to visit South Korea this time.'' "
Ta. Regarding China-South Korea relations, he said, ``The external geopolitical environment is making South Korea-China relations more difficult, so we will strive to minimize the constraining factors within that environment.'' .
He went on to say, ``A major problem is that the recognition between the two peoples is deteriorating,'' and ``we will focus on the economic, humanities, and people-to-people exchange fields, and work to increase trust one step at a time through concrete results and substantive cooperation projects.'' product
The most important thing is to continue to monitor the situation." He also said, ``If you raise your expectations too high in a difficult situation, you will be disappointed, so lower your expectations and move towards the future one small step at a time.''
It's important to move forward with this," he added.