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US and China vow to work together on N Korea

Saturday, April 13, 2013 7:56
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The top diplomats of China and the US have pledged to work together on “challenges” presented by North Korea, after a series of threats from Pyongyang.

Meeting Chinese leaders in Beijing on Saturday, US Secretary of State John Kerry said the two countries were committed to finding a peaceful way to ensure a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.

China’s State Councillor Yang Jiechi said that to “properly address the Korean nuclear issue serves the common interests of all parties,” and that Beijing would work with other parties including the US.

The world is facing a “critical time”, Kerry told China’s President Xi Jinping, citing tensions on the Korean peninsula, Iran’s nuclear programme and the conflict in Syria.

“Mr President, this is obviously a critical time with some very challenging issues,” Kerry told Xi.

“Issues on the Korean peninsula, the challenge of Iran and nuclear weapons, Syria and the Middle East, and economies around the world that are in need of a boost.”

Kerry arrived from South Korea earlier to press Beijing to help defuse soaring nuclear tensions on the Korean peninsula ahead of an expected missile launch by the North, which conducted a nuclear test in February.

Beijing is Pyongyang’s sole major ally and its key provider of aid and trade, and is seen as having unique leverage over the government of Kim Jong-un, which has issued repeated threats of nuclear war.

But Xi did not refer to the Korean peninsula or other issues raised by Kerry in his opening remarks at the meeting, instead saying that the US-China relationship was “at a new historical stage and has got off to a good start”.

More: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacif…67973.html



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