South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun (L) holds a strategic dialogue with his Chinese counterpart, Ma Zhaoxu (R), at the foreign ministry in Seoul, South Korea. Photo by YONHAP / EPA
June 19 (Asia Today) -- China's Foreign Ministry welcomed South Korea's reaffirmation of its longstanding position on the one-China principle but made no mention of North Korea's nuclear program.
The ministry published a statement in a question-and-answer format on its website at about 11:55 p.m. Thursday, according to diplomatic sources in Beijing.
The statement cited Nam Jin, director-general for Northeast and Central Asian affairs at South Korea's Foreign Ministry, as saying Seoul's position remained consistent with the 1992 joint communiqué establishing diplomatic relations between South Korea and China.
Under the communiqué, South Korea recognizes the government of the People's Republic of China as the sole legal government of China and respects Beijing's position that there is one China and Taiwan is part of China.
