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SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Yonhap) -- China's top envoy in South Korea on Friday called for the two neighbors to get back to the basics in diplomacy in order to resolve the current row that is overshadowing the 25th anniversary of diplomatic ties next week.
South Korea and China have been at odds over the deployment of a U.S. missile shield called THAAD being installed in South Korea, which Beijing claims could harm its strategic interest.
"Looking ahead, sticking to the basics, holding hands and going forward, I am sure that China-South Korea relations will be able to usher in a new and beautiful future after getting over the hurdles," Chinese Ambassador to South Korea Qiu Guohong said at a forum in Seoul.
The forum was held to review the progress in relations since the two countries established diplomatic ties a quarter century ago.
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Story Quote: "The ambassador said that the basics refer to respecting each other's key interests and desires"
PacificSentinel: Hey China, one of South Korea's "key interests" is national survival from North Korean aggression via it's Ballistic Missiles, so the deployment of THAAD, a Missile Defence System is an obvious move, especially since it's worked first time, every time it's been tested, SO, maybe it's time China started "respecting each other's key interests" instead of demanding South Korea do as you "desire" despite their "key interests" to the contrary.