Xi: ROK a key partner for peace

Strategic cooperation called crucial as he welcomes S. Korea's president

China and the Republic of Korea are friendly neighbors and important forces in promoting regional and world peace, President Xi Jinping said on Wednesday while meeting with visiting ROK President Park Geun-hye.

Xi welcomed Park to attend the celebration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II and the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (1937-45), saying that the people of China and the ROK helped each other in the fight against Japanese invaders and made great contributions to the World Anti-Fascist War.