SEOUL -- Top Chinese diplomat Yang Jiechi expressed support for a declaration to formally end the Korean War, South Korea's presidential office announced Friday.
Such a declaration would "contribute to the promotion of peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula," Yang told South Korean National Security Office Director Suh Hoon during a meeting in Tianjin, China, on Thursday, according to the South Korean release. Yang is a member of the Chinese Communist Party Politburo.
