President Lee Jae Myung's special envoys to China have said South Korea will push for developing its "strategic cooperative partnership" with China while enhancing the Seoul-Washington alliance.

Axar.az informs, citing Yonhap, the delegation, led by former National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug, made the remark during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi in Beijing the previous day.

At the meeting, the envoys said South Korea will push for the "mature" development of the Seoul-Beijing ties, based on the national interest and pragmatism, while continuing to develop the alliance with the United States, the ministry said.

The delegation delivered Lee's personal letter for Chinese President Xi Jinping to Wang and requested Xi's attendance in the upcoming Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in the South Korean southeastern city of Gyeongju.

They also agreed to expand cooperation in areas such as economy, culture, and people-to-people exchanges, in a bid to produce tangible results in improving the lives of the two nations' people.