US and China working ‘closely’ on North Korea, says Mattis
The US defence secretary says North Korea’s failed missile test on Sunday fuelled the impetus for denuclearisation of the peninsula
18 April 2017 - 19:03
Riyadh — The US and China are working "closely" over North Korea, US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said on Tuesday, two days after a new missile test by Pyongyang. Sunday’s test "shows why we are working so closely right now with the Chinese, coming out of the Mar-a-Lago meeting" in Florida between the two nations’ leaders earlier this month, Mattis told reporters. The American-Chinese effort seeks to "get this under control and aim for the de-nuclearised Korean peninsula" desired by China, the US, South Korea and Japan, he said as he flew to the Middle East for a tour. "We all share that same interest."
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