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South Korea will soon engage with China at senior level-Seoul's US ambassador

FILE PHOTO-South Korea's First Vice Foreign Minister Cho Hyun-dong speaks during a joint news conference with U.S Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Japan's Vice Minister for Foreign Affairs Takeo Mori at the Foreign Ministry in Seoul, South Korea, June 8, 2022. Jean Heon-Kyun/Pool via REUTERS

South Korea will soon engage with China at the senior level and also seek the opportunity for diplomacy aimed at trilateral cooperation with Japan and China, South Korea's ambassador to Washington Cho Hyun-dong said on Thursday.

Cho told an event hosted by Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies that the COVID-19 pandemic had prevented high-level exchanges with China and there was a need for a new foundation of relations with its neighbor and number-one trading partner.

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