China says it is making unremitting efforts on North Korea nuclear issue

Record ID: 896389

  • Title: China says it is making unremitting efforts on North Korea nuclear issue
  • Date: 21st June 2017
  • Summary: BEIJING, CHINA (JUNE 21, 2017) (REUTERS) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN GENG SHUANG WALKING IN FOR REGULAR BRIEFING MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, SAYING: "China has made unremitting efforts to solve the Korean nuclear issue, and has always shown to have been of important and constructive use. To sum it up, anyone with eyes can see China's contributions. And China's impact is necessary." MEDIA SEATED (SOUNDBITE) (Mandarin) CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN, GENG SHUANG, SAYING: "Solving the Korean nuclear issue relies on collective wisdom and collective efforts. We hope the relevant parties can focus on the goal at hand, meet each other half way on this issue, show proper actions, and uphold their proper responsibilities." NEWS CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS EXTERIOR OF CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTRY CHINESE NATIONAL FLAG FLYING
  • Embargoed: 5th July 2017 10:02
  • Keywords: China North Korea nuclear issue U.S. Donald Trump Twitter Otto Warmbier
  • Location: BEIJING, CHINA
  • City: BEIJING, CHINA
  • Country: China
  • Topics: Diplomacy/Foreign Policy,Government/Politics
  • Reuters ID: LVA0016M7ZS5J
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text:China said on Wednesday (June 21) it has made "unremitting efforts" to resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula, after U.S. President Donald Trump said Beijing had tried but failed to persuade Pyongyang to rein in its nuclear weapons programme.
    Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, speaking at a daily news briefing in Beijing, added that "anyone with eyes can see China's contributions", but that the issue requires "collective wisdom and collective efforts".
    Trump has hardened his rhetoric against Pyongyang following the death of Otto Warmbier, a University of Virginia student who died on Monday (June 19) in the United States after returning from captivity in North Korea in a coma.
    He has held high hopes for greater cooperation from China to exert influence over North Korea, leaning heavily on Chinese President Xi Jinping for his assistance.
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