Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Korean talks will start negotiations on FTA-related

International Online reports (Xinhua Ling, Jinmin Guo, Liu Yiyao): a visit to Korea on the 28th afternoon, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak at Cheong Wa Dae for talks. Both sides agreed to continue to push forward China-ROK strategic cooperative partnership. FTA negotiations between China and the ROK are expected later this year or next year in the first half.

Wen said China to develop relations with South Korea's important position on the peripheral diplomacy is willing to join with the ROK, focusing on the overall situation and long-term, enhance communication, coordination and cooperation to benefit both peoples and promote regional peace and prosperity. He said the good momentum of China-ROK economic and trade cooperation, the two sides should make joint efforts to overcome the international financial crisis and the negative impact of further enhancing the level of cooperation, bilateral trade volume achieved on schedule in 2012 reached 2,000 billion U.S. dollars, to reach 300 billion U.S. dollars in 2015 objectives. He proposed the two sides should strengthen macroeconomic policy coordination, and help key cooperation areas and projects, to cultivate new growth points for economic and trade cooperation De, Shenhua high-tech and recycling economy areas of cooperation and promoting bilateral trade facilitation, common to oppose trade protectionism, Tong Shi To expand cultural and youth exchanges. He also said that China supports South Korea in the second half of this year held in the Group of 20 summit.

Lee said the ROK are committed to developing strategic partnership of cooperation in extensive areas between the two countries developed rapidly. ROK is willing to continue to work with China to maintain high-level exchanges and political dialogue, further enhancing bilateral trade levels, and actively promote free trade zone between the two countries build and expand clean energy, environmental protection, green economy and other fields, to the Shanghai World Expo, each run "Visit" as an opportunity to promote cultural exchanges. South Korea hoped the Group of 20 within such multilateral mechanisms to strengthen communication and coordination with China.

Lee informed the ROK, "Tian number" incident 调查 situation and deal with Kaolv hope that the Chinese side to facilitate the proper handle this case, stability in the Korean peninsula, an important role.

Talks into a wide range of small-scale meetings and has conducted two meetings, the length of time than the original five minutes later. Before the talks, Lee Wen Jiabao at the Blue House lawn to hold a grand welcome ceremony. After the talks, China and South Korea signed a Sino-ROK FTA feasibility study on the VLSI joint memorandum of understanding on cooperation.

Wen and Lee also met with the China-ROK joint study on behalf of the experts, the two leaders spoke highly of the Committee's work and hope that they continue to offer advice and suggestions to promote China-ROK relations.