China says it maintains "normal business contacts" with NK

Record ID: 645563

  • Title: China says it maintains "normal business contacts" with NK
  • Date: 18th April 2017
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (APRIL 18, 2017) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LU KANG WALKING IN FOR REGULAR BRIEFING MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LU KANG SAYING: "As neighbouring countries, China and North Korea maintain regular communications and some trade dealings. At the same time, as a responsible member of the United Nations and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, China strictly abides by each and every one of its international obligations, including those in regards to U.N. Security Council resolutions." REPORTERS SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN LU KANG SAYING: "The relevant party must be clear, aside from the its obligations to the U.N. Security Council, China, in principle, has always been opposed to unilateral sanctions. So this boundary should be made clear." NEWS CONFERENCE IN SESSION EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 2nd May 2017 08:16
  • Keywords: North Korea missiles truck Chinese-made Kim Jong Un
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA/PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA/PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA
  • Country: North Korea
  • Topics: Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016CXE1J9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS MATERIAL THAT WAS ORIGINALLY 4:3
    China said on Tuesday (April 18) that it maintains "normal contacts, including normal business contacts" with North Korea after China-made truck were used at a parade in Pyongyang over the weekend to show submarine-launched missile.
    Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters at a daily briefing that Beijing and Pyongyang maintain "normal contacts, including normal business contacts".
    At Saturday's (April 15) parade to mark the 105th birth anniversary of founder president Kim Il Sung, North Korea displayed six Pukkuksong submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBM) for the first time, towed behind trucks painted in North Korean navy camouflage.
    In the photographs, the logo of Chinese firm Sinotruk can be seen on the vehicles.
    A Sinotruk sales official said on Tuesday he was not aware the company's trucks had been used in this year's parade.
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