Xi says ties with ROK can be reset

China willing to work jointly to strengthen trust, he tells envoy

China is willing to make joint efforts with the Republic of Korea to push bilateral ties back onto a normal track as soon as possible, President Xi Jinping said on Friday as the two sides sought to repair relations damaged by the ROK's deployment of a US missile defense system.

During Xi's meeting on Friday with Lee Hae-chan, special envoy of ROK President Moon Jae-in, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Lee submitted a letter handwritten by Moon to Xi.