China urges South Korea not to take sides, blames US policy for Korea tensions
Wang said China will keep playing a constructive role on the Korean Peninsula and urged Seoul to deepen trade talks and strategic cooperation.
- On Thursday, Foreign Minister Wang met South Korean officials in Seoul, urging the nation to avoid taking sides between Beijing and Washington while calling for the United States to abandon its "hostile" policy toward North Korea.
- President Donald Trump announced Wednesday he plans to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un later this year, citing the country's 57 "very powerful" nuclear weapons and his "very good relationship" with Kim.
- Wang called for completing second-stage free trade talks, arguing the two countries should promote regional economic integration amid rising global fragmentation and trade protectionism.
- During talks with South Korean President Lee Jae Myung, Wang declared that bilateral ties have "fully recovered" and made positive progress this year, urging Seoul to maintain a friendly policy toward China.
- North Korea fired a suspected ballistic missile on Thursday as Wang expressed hope that Seoul would "achieve genuine strategic autonomy" and refrain from bloc confrontation amid escalating regional tensions.
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China hopes that the two Koreas will move towards peaceful coexistence, according to the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
China urges South Korea not to take sides, blames US for Korea tensions
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has urged South Korea not to take sides between Beijing and Washington, saying the US should abandon its “hostile” policy toward North Korea to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula
China urges S. Korea to seek friendly ties, blames U.S. for Korean tensions
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed hope during a visit to South Korea on Thursday that Seoul will firmly pursue a friendly policy toward China, while calling for an end to what he described as the United States' hostile policy toward North Korea to ease tensions on the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.
The Chinese Foreign Minister welcomed the rapprochement between Seoul and Beijing and said he sought to maintain this trend in bilateral relations. He also called for peace between the two Koreas.
Korea says China's stance on Korean Peninsula unchanged despite no reference to denuclearization
China continues to maintain its longstanding position on ensuring peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, though Beijing has stopped short of explicitly expressing its support for the denuclearization of North Korea, officials in Seoul said Thursday. The remarks came as Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi did not refer to the "denuclearization" of the peninsula during a meeting in Seoul the previous day, instead pledging to work toward "peace …
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