BEIJING - China's stance on seeking a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula is firm and its attitude serious, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

"China resolutely safeguards the peace and stability of the Korean Peninsula and the region, opposes any party disrupting such peace and stability and adheres to resolving problems through dialogues and negotiations," Xi said while talking with President Park Keun Hae of the Republic of Korea, who is on a four-day visit to China.