Beijing — On Thursday, China welcomed comments by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson that Washington would not seek regime change in North Korea, after a week of verbal sparring between the two countries over Pyongyang’s weapons programme. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said "We attach importance to the remarks" when questioned on the US’s latest comments on the North, which has caused international alarm with two recent missile tests. "We have noted that the US side has recently paid more attention to security issues on the peninsula — China has always believed that security is at the core of the problem," Wang said, at a joint press conference with the visiting foreign minister of Turkey. Wang’s statement alluded to Tillerson’s efforts to underscore that Washington would not seek to topple North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. "We do not seek a regime change. We do not seek the collapse of the regime. We do not seek an accelerated re-unification of the peninsula," Tillerson told rep...
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