South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol met with China's Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of an ASEAN summit in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta on Thursday, just hours after Yoon called for a rules-based maritime order in the South China Sea.
Yoon's meeting with Li comes after the South Korean leader vowed to enhance cooperation with China and Japan. In an interview with Indonesia's Kompas newspaper published on Tuesday, Yoon said it was time to put relations among the three Asian countriesJust hours earlier, Yoon said any attempts to change the status quo by force in the South China Sea cannot be tolerated. He was speaking at the East Asia Summit which includes the ASEAN bloc, China, Japan, the United States and others.
Yoon also said North Korea's nuclear programme was a real threat that can target all countries participating at the summit, and stressed that United Nations member states should follow the Security Council's resolutions.
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