SANCTIONS
China counts on UN curbs to halt North Korea nuclear push
Singapore/New York — China has expressed confidence that new UN sanctions will be helpful in bringing North Korea to the negotiating table to end its push for nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles. Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged North Korean counterpart Ri Yong-ho to react calmly to measures to curb its exports and avoid more provocations when they met on Sunday in Manila, where diplomats from more than 20 countries are attending a security forum. Wang, who also called for the US and South Korea to reduce tensions, said sanctions “created the conditions to find a breakthrough”. The goal was to block North Korea’s nuclear development. “Sanctions are needed but not the ultimate goal. The purpose is to pull the peninsula nuclear issue back to the negotiating table and to seek a final solution,” he said.
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