Chinese President Xi Jinping will seriously consider a visit to South Korea, he said before the opening of the Asian Games on Saturday, Yonhap reported, citing a senior official.
“This means that President Xi knows it is his turn to visit South Korea,” the official said on condition of anonymity, adding that Xi’s visit has been “long delayed.”
Xi Jinping last visited South Korea in 2014. President Yun Seok-yol extended an invitation to Xi Jinping during a meeting on the sidelines of the G-20 summit in Bali, Indonesia, in November 2022.
It is planned that the visit could take place as part of efforts to bring peace to the Korean Peninsula.
According to Yonhap, citing a South Korean senior official, Xi Jinping also said that China appreciates Seoul’s efforts to resume the long-suspended annual trilateral summit between South Korea, China and Japan and that Beijing welcomes the trilateral summit at an appropriate time.
It is noted that the trilateral summit was last held in 2019.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has held a telephone conversation with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“Had a long informative telephone conversation with the head of China Xi Jinping. I believe that it, as well as the appointment of Ukraine’s ambassador to China will give a powerful boost to the development of our bilateral relations,” Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy invited Chinese leader Xi Jinping to Ukraine.
In an interview with the Associated Press, it is noted that Zelenskyy extended an invitation to Ukraine to one notable and strategically important leader, Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“We are ready to see him here. I want to speak with him. I had contact with him before full-scale war. But during all this year, more than one year, I didn’t have,” the Associated Press said, citing Zelenskyy.
Xi Jinping has been elected General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC Central Committee) for the third time, the Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
The voting took place at the first meeting of the Standing Committee of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, Xinhua reports. The communiqué notes that Xi Jinping has also been appointed chairman of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of China.
In addition to Xi Jinping, the committee included Li Qiang, Zhao Leji, Wang Huning, Cai Qi, Ding Xuexiang and Li Xi.
The meeting also elected members of the Politburo of the CPC Central Committee, approved members of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee, and appointed members of the Central Military Commission.
The 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China, held in Beijing from October 16 to 22, finished its work yesterday.
During his speech at the 20th Congress of the Communist Party of China (CCP), which opened on Sunday, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced his desire to develop the Chinese Armed Forces at a faster pace.
“We will work faster to modernize military theory, training of military personnel and weapons. We will increase the strategic military potential,” the Associated Press (AP) quoted the Chinese chairman as saying.
He also promised that the CCP will make more efforts for the country’s technological development and to strengthen food security and industrial supply chains.
He noted that China will achieve technological “self-sufficiency and power” through the development of the educational system and the invitation of foreign experts. Xi Jinping also spoke about plans to launch “significant national projects,” but did not specify which projects he was talking about.
In addition, Xi Jinping called the “zero tolerance” policy for COVID-19 a success. At the same time, AP notes, he did not explain whether the authorities would change their approach in the fight against coronavirus.
It was previously reported that the 20th Congress would elect the Central Committee, which in turn would approve the members of the Politburo and its Standing Committee, as well as the list of members of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee Xi Jinping is expected to be re-elected for a third term. This will pave the way for his re-election as President of the People’s Republic of China at the session of the National People’s Congress (NPC) in 2023.
He has been the head of state since 2013, and in 2018, at the session of the NPC, amendments to the constitution were adopted to abolish the limitation of the powers of the President of the PRC to two terms. The Charter of the Communist Party of China does not provide for a time limit for occupying the highest party post.
