World hopes US-Korea talks will succeed, says China’s president
Xi Jinping, on his first visit to North Korea, praises Pyongyang’s denuclearisation efforts
20 June 2019 - 18:17
Beijing — The world hopes North Korea and the US can talk to each other and for those talks to be successful, Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Thursday, praising Pyongyang’s efforts towards denuclearisation.
Xi is visiting China’s reclusive neighbour North Korea seeking to bolster a longtime ally hit by UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile programmes a week before Xi and US President Donald Trump meet amid a bitter trade dispute...
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