US and China ‘will cooperate to discourage North Korea nuclear tests’
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China will work with the US to
try to deter further nuclear missile tests by North Korea, President
Barack Obama said, hours before the rogue nation fired a short-range
projectile into the sea.
Mr Obama was speaking on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in Washington which was attended by Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.
“President Xi and I are both committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and full implementation of UN sanctions,” Mr Obama said.
“So we're going to discuss how we can discourage action like nuclear missile tests that escalate tensions and violate international obligations.”
North Korea has been ratcheting up tensions in Asia, detonating a nuclear device in January, and launching a long-range rocket the following month.
Mr Obama was speaking on the sidelines of a nuclear summit in Washington which was attended by Xi Jinping, the Chinese president.
“President Xi and I are both committed to the denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula and full implementation of UN sanctions,” Mr Obama said.
“So we're going to discuss how we can discourage action like nuclear missile tests that escalate tensions and violate international obligations.”
North Korea has been ratcheting up tensions in Asia, detonating a nuclear device in January, and launching a long-range rocket the following month.
South Korea and the US are currently carrying out joint-military
manoeuvres, which is being seen in Pyongyang as a rehearsal for an
invasion.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile fired off the North’s east coast on Friday flew 60 miles into the East Sea, which is also known as the Sea of Japan.
Mr Xi said that sanctions agreed at the UN earlier this month should be “fully and strictly” carried out, while he reiterated Beijing’s long-held position for more dialogue on the issue, Chinese state media said.
Mr Obama is holding a two-day nuclear security summit being in Washington with the leaders of China, South Korea and Japan.
Pyongyang's state media has labeled the summit a "nonsensical" effort to undermine the North's "legitimate access to nuclear weapons".
The leaders are also discussing the deployment of sophisticated US-built missile system to South Korea.
Beijing is concerned that arming US allies such as South Korea and Japan will tip the balance of power in the region towards Washington.
But the US is calling on China to do more to encourage the North – Beijing’s traditional ally – to halt its nuclear programme.
Much of the responsibility for enforcing sanctions also falls on China, which is by far North Korea’s biggest trading partner.
South Korea’s Yonhap news agency said the short-range missile fired off the North’s east coast on Friday flew 60 miles into the East Sea, which is also known as the Sea of Japan.
Mr Xi said that sanctions agreed at the UN earlier this month should be “fully and strictly” carried out, while he reiterated Beijing’s long-held position for more dialogue on the issue, Chinese state media said.
Mr Obama is holding a two-day nuclear security summit being in Washington with the leaders of China, South Korea and Japan.
Pyongyang's state media has labeled the summit a "nonsensical" effort to undermine the North's "legitimate access to nuclear weapons".
The leaders are also discussing the deployment of sophisticated US-built missile system to South Korea.
Beijing is concerned that arming US allies such as South Korea and Japan will tip the balance of power in the region towards Washington.
But the US is calling on China to do more to encourage the North – Beijing’s traditional ally – to halt its nuclear programme.
Much of the responsibility for enforcing sanctions also falls on China, which is by far North Korea’s biggest trading partner.
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