In response, Kim said South Korea and China share a common goal of maintaining peace and stability and realize denuclearization on the peninsula.
Chinese Foreign Minster Yang Jiechi (3rd, R) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (2nd, L) in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Feb. 23, 2011. [He Lulu/Xinhua]
Hailing China's support on inter-Korean dialogue, Kim said Seoul is willing to work together with China to maintain good-neighborliness and seek common ground while ironing out differences, for further development of the bilateral relations and peace, stability and co-prosperity of the region.
The two ministers also spoke highly of development of the relationship between the two sides.
They agreed to maintain impetus of high-level exchange, deepen mutually beneficial cooperation, boost people-to-people exchange and strengthen coordination and cooperation in international and regional affairs, to achieve greater development of the strategic cooperative partnership between the two nations.
![Chinese Foreign Minster Yang Jiechi (3rd, R) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (2nd, L) in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Feb. 23, 2011. [He Lulu/Xinhua]](http://images.china.cn/attachement/jpg/site1007/20110224/00016c8b649f0ed034fa56.jpg "Chinese Foreign Minster Yang Jiechi (3rd, R) meets with South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan (2nd, L) in Seoul, capital of South Korea, Feb. 23, 2011. [He Lulu/Xinhua]")