Seoul, urged by Chinese foreign minister to resume talks with North Korea
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Friday that the use of force on the Korean peninsula would only worsen the situation, and that Beijing was expecting South Korea would make efforts to resume talks with North Korea.
Wang, giving a news briefing jointly with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, also said that Beijing and Moscow were calling on North Korea to respect United Nations resolutions adopted with regards to Pyongyang’s nuclear programme.
Russia and China urge caution in countering N.Korea’s nuclear programme
Russia and China agree that the development of North Korea’s nuclear programme should not be used as an excuse for deploying elements of a U.S. global anti-missile system on the Korean peninsula, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday.
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Moscow and Beijing also favour measures that would counter North Korea’s nuclear programme, but at the same time not hamper a political settlement in the region, Lavrov told a joint news briefing with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
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