U.S. envoy for North Korea arrives at Beijing hotel after talks with Chinese officials

Record ID: 1449323

  • Title: U.S. envoy for North Korea arrives at Beijing hotel after talks with Chinese officials
  • Date: 19th December 2019
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (DECEMBER 19, 2019) (REUTERS) U.S. ENVOY FOR NORTH KOREA STEPHEN BIEGUN ARRIVING AT HOTEL AS JOURNALISTS SHOUT QUESTIONS EXTERIOR OF HOTEL (NIGHT SHOT) SIGN OUTSIDE HOTEL READING (English): "THE WESTIN, BEIJING, CHAOYANG" (NIGHT SHOT)
  • Embargoed: 2nd January 2020 14:13
  • Keywords: Beijing Biegun DMZ Kim North Korea Stephen Biegun Trump U.S. envoy missiles nuclear weapons sanctions
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA001BAN40UF
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: The U.S. special envoy for North Korea Stephen Biegun arrived at a Beijing hotel on Thursday (December 19) during a scheduled two-day trip in the Chinese capital for talks.
    Biegun did not speak to reporters as he arrived at the hotel just before 9 p.m. local time (1300 GMT).
    China touted its proposal offering sanctions relief to North Korea as the best option to diffuse tensions, calling on Thursday for a compromise in the standoff between Washington and Pyongyang over the latter's nuclear and missiles programmes.
    The proposal, made jointly with Russia on Monday, calls on the U.N. Security Council to lift some sanctions on exports and foreign workers to "break the deadlock" in the stalled talks between Pyongyang and Washington.
    Earlier this week Biegun made a public call to Pyongyang for renewed dialogue during a visit to South Korea. This went unanswered, underscoring the reclusive state's discontent at a lack of concessions for its decision to halt nuclear tests and long-range missile launches.
    Pyongyang has conducted a series of weapons tests and waged a war of words with U.S. President Donald Trump in recent weeks, stoking fears the two countries could return to a collision course.
    (Production: Martin Pollard, Wang Shubing, Louisa Naks)
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