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.