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Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, March 29

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SEOUL -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's special representative Yang Jiechi held talks with Chung Eui-yong, top national security advisor to South Korean President Moon Jae-in here on Thursday.

Yang, a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and the head of the General Office of the Central Committee for Foreign Affairs, said that China and South Korea are friendly neighbors and the bilateral relations have maintained momentum of improvement and development in recent years. (S.Korea-China-DPRK)

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SINGAPORE -- A potential trade war between China and the United States would benefit nobody but rather deal a blow to all economies, Singaporean Finance Minister Heng Swee Keat said here Thursday.

It's not in anyone's interest if the trade disputes between China and the United States escalate into a trade war, the minister said at the media session of the upcoming 4th ASEAN Finance Ministers' and Central Bank Governors' Joint Meeting. The meeting is scheduled for April 5th and 6th. (Singapore-FM-Trade War)

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SINGAPORE -- China and Singapore have entered a new era featuring with greater opportunities, said Hong Xiaoyong, the newly-appointed Chinese Ambassador to Singapore, on Thursday.

China is ready to work with Singapore to further cement political mutual trust, better connect development strategies and deepen the Belt and Road Initiative cooperation, so that China-Singapore relations will keep breaking new grounds in the years to come, he added. (Singapore-China-Relations)

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KABUL -- Afghan President Ashraf Ghani met with visiting U.S. Congress delegation led by Nancy Pelosi here in Presidential Palace on Thursday.

Matters pertaining mutual interests including the situation in Afghanistan, war on terror and enhancing bilateral relations between Kabul and Washington came under discussion, said a statement of Presidential Palace released here. (Afghanistan-U.S.-Meeting) Enditem

 

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