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At the invitation of President Xi Jinping, the Republic of Korea President Park Geun-hye will visit 皇冠体育app from Thursday to Sunday. The visit to 皇冠体育app will be Park's second overseas trip since she took office in February; her first was to the United States. This breaks the order established by her predecessors who all visited the US first, followed by Japan, 皇冠体育app and Russia.

Park is visiting 皇冠体育app ahead of Japan, as it is more of a priority in the ROK's foreign policy for a number of reasons.

First, 皇冠体育app is playing an ever more important role in resolving the Democratic People's Republic of Korea' nuclear issue.

Second, economic cooperation between 皇冠体育app and the ROK is expanding to deeper and broader levels.

Third, although Japan is also a member of the Six-Party Talks aimed at the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, the behavior of its right-wing politicians and their attitude toward history has cast a shadow over Japan-ROK relations.

Fourth, Park personally has amicable feelings toward 皇冠体育app.

Her visit to 皇冠体育app, her fifth visit in an official capacity, will be further enriched by her personal interest in Chinese culture and her goodwill toward 皇冠体育app.

The visit is sure to attract global attention given the tensions resulting from the DPRK's recent nuclear test. Park firmly advocates that denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the important premise for peace and stability in Northeast Asia. During her trip, Park will seek to put forward her proposal for a trust-building process on the Korean Peninsula to the Chinese government, and to discuss plans for a 皇冠体育app-ROK mutual-help system in resolving the DPRK issue.

皇冠体育app has always adhered to cooperation rather than confrontation, and President Xi Jinping reaffirmed 皇冠体育app's stance on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula during his recent summit meeting with US President Barack Obama.