North Korea: Seoul tries to ease China's jitters over Trump's planned meeting with Kim
CHINESE President Xi Jinping has met with
South Korean officials to stress his concern at the proposed meeting between US President
Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un, North Korea's supreme leader.
The deal has apparently been brokered by South Korean leader Moon Jae-in and Seoul's lead
envoy, National Security Advisor Chung Eui-Yong, who met with Xi in Beijing for 35 minutes
in an apparent bid to assuage his worries.
At the same time, another delegation headed to Tokyo to meet Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo
Abe about the proposed talks, which will focus on North Korea's nuclear and missile programmes.
The South Korean presidential office later reported Xi as saying after the meeting: "I
support the US-NK talks.
"I am delighted that South Korea's efforts have made great progress in the overall Korean
Peninsula situation and that close dialogue between NK and the US has been achieved."
Chung had spoken to Yang Jiechi, China's top diplomat, for three hours prior to meeting
Mr Xi, the South Koreans said.
China is widely regarded as having been caught somewhat by surprise by the announcement of
the planned meeting between Mr Trump and Kim.
However the superpower appears to be attempting to take partial credit, judging be a report
in government mouthpiece People's Daily.
The newspaper suggested the diplomatic breakthrough followed China's "dual-suspension" proposal,
whereby North Korea agreed to freeze its missile-testing program in return for the suspension of US-South
Korean military drills.
However, North Korea has provide a concrete commitment to cut back its nuclear program,
while Kim apparently told a South Korean delegation to Pyongyang last week that he understands
the need for Seoul and Washington to continue the joint drills.
A White House statement said Xi had welcomed to prosper of talks during a call with Mr
Trump on Friday.
It added: "The two leaders welcomed the prospect of dialog between the United States and North
Korea, and committed to maintain pressure and sanctions until North Korea takes tangible
steps toward complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearisation."
Meanwhile President Moon claimed "important changes" were happening in East Asian geopolitics.
He added: "Should we succeed, there will be dramatic changes in world history, and (South)
Korea will have played the leading role."
Nevertheless, there is no word from Pyongyang about when the talks that the regime is said
to have proposed will take place.
North Korea's state media is yet to report on the developments and the regime has not
so far respond officially to Trump's acceptance of the invitation to talks.
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