Obama to discuss North Korean threat with South Korea, Japan and China
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama will discuss the growing threat of a nuclear-armed North Korea at a meeting this week with the leaders of Japan and South Korea, the White House said on Monday.The trilateral sit-down on Thursday with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye will take place on the sidelines of a wider nuclear security summit bringing together delegations from dozens of countries.It has been scheduled for the same day Mr Obama holds one-on-one talks with Xi Jinping, the president of North Korea’s main diplomatic ally and economic benefactor, China."This meeting will be an opportunity for the three leaders to discuss common responses to the threat posed by North Korea and to advance areas of trilateral security cooperation in the region and globally," the White House said.In his talks with Ms Park and Mr Abe, Mr Obama is sure to discuss the ramped-up rhetoric coming from North Korea, which carried out a nuclear test in January a...
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