WHITE HOUSE — China says it will support the United Nations taking further measures against North Korea in response to its latest nuclear test.
“Given the new developments on the Korean peninsula,” Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Thursday during a news conference in Beijing, “the U.N. Security Council should respond further and take necessary measures” to deal with the crisis.
But Wang also stressed that “sanctions and pressure” must be go hand in hand with “dialogue and negotiation” with Pyongyang. China is North Korea’s biggest diplomatic and economic ally, and contends that tighter sanctions against Pyongyang will do little to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula.
At the White House Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said “we will see what happens,” when asked whether he would approve military action against North Korea, adding “that is not the first choice.” Trump spoke following a telephone call with China’s president, Xi Jinping.
Asked by VOA what he discussed concerning North Korea with the Chinese leader, Trump replied that “President Xi would like to do something on North Korea” but it is unclear “whether or not he can do it.”
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