(VOVworld)-South Korean and Chinese state-run think tanks held strategic talks in Seoul on Friday amid regional tensions most lately flared by China’s decision to expand its air defense zone. A total of 16 institutes, eight from each country, attended the inaugural meeting and discussed ways to substantiate South Korea and China’s strategic partnership.
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The Korea National Diplomatic Academy and the Korea Institute for Defense Analyses were among them. The meeting comes after South Korean and Chinese leaders agreed during a summit in June to annually hold strategic dialogue sessions among their state-run research institutes. A government official in Seoul said the meeting will serve as a dialogue channel among state-run think tanks whose jobs directly relate to each country's policy making.