President Lee Jae Myung instructed the government Thursday to hold consultations with Beijing on repatriating the remains of Korean independence fighters in China, raising the issue as a possible agenda item for a potential summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Lee made the remarks after Veterans Minister Kwon Oh-eul briefed him on plans to excavate and bring home the remains of Ahn Jung-geun (1879-1910), which Kwon said are believed to be buried near Lushun Prison in the northern Chinese port city of Dalian. "In the case of excavation and repatriation of remains, consultations with China are essential," Lee said during a policy briefing by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs in Seoul. Lee instructed the ministry to push ahead with consultations with Beijing as a potential summit agenda item, saying there is the possibility of a summit with Xi "soon." Kwon said he plans to visit China to help locate Ahn's remains, adding that the ministry is also working to bring back the remains of three independence fighters from the period of Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule of Korea. Ahn wa