Stable peninsula vital to both ROK and China, Xi says

China and the Republic of Korea have wide common interests in pursuing regional peace, development and stability at a time in which both Sino-ROK relations and the Korean Peninsula situation are at crucial period, President Xi Jinping said on Saturday.

Both countries' leaders have expressed the willingness to promote the healthy development of bilateral ties, which had been dealt a blow by the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-missile system.

Xi made the remark while meeting with his ROK counterpart Moon Jae-in on the sidelines of the APEC Economic Leaders' Week in Da Nang, Vietnam.