SEOUL, Oct 25 (AP) -- Chinese President Hu Jintao will visit South Korea next month for talks with President Roh Moo-hyun and a summit of Asia-Pacific leaders, Roh's office announced Tuesday.

It is the first time in 10 years for a Chinese president to visit South Korea.

Hu will be in Seoul on Nov. 16-17 for a state visit before traveling to South Korea's second-largest city of Busan for a summit of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, scheduled for Nov. 18-19, the presidential office said in a statement.

The two leaders will hold "wide-ranging talks" on bilateral relations, the standoff over North Korea's nuclear program and other issues of common interest, the presidential office said.

"President Hu's visit is the first in 10 years after former President Jiang Zemin's visit in 1995," the office said. "It is expected to serve as an important turning point in further deepening and developing" the two countries' relations, it said.

On Friday, Hu is scheduled to begin a three-day visit to North Korea amid a flurry of diplomacy aimed at laying the groundwork for a new round of six-nation negotiations on the North's nuclear program.

Last month, the talks produced a breakthrough accord that committed the North to abandoning its nuclear programs in exchange for economic aid, security assurances and diplomatic recognition.

North Korea quickly backpedaled on the pledge, saying the next day that it won't disarm unless the United States provides it with a civilian nuclear reactor for power generation, a demand Washington has said is unacceptable.

On Monday, North Korea said it would return to the six-nation talks on its nuclear weapons program in early November as scheduled.

The six parties are the Koreas, China, Russia, the United States and Japan.