ROK should work for 'healthy' ties

Foreign Ministry also urges US to block Taiwan leader's transit in Hawaii, Guam

The Republic of Korea should work with China to return bilateral ties to healthy development, Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said on Friday, when requested to comment on reports that ROK President Moon Jae-in has proposed to meet with President Xi Jinping.

Geng told a daily news conference in Beijing he had no news to release about meetings between the two leaders. "We hope China and the ROK will work together and push bilateral ties back to the track of healthy and stable development as soon as possible," Geng said.