UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States wants China to prove that it is really seeking to stop North Korea’s nuclear testing with actions — and that’s what President Donald Trump will be pressing China’s President Xi Jinping to do when they meet in Florida…
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States wants China to prove that it is really seeking to stop North Korea’s nuclear testing with actions — and that’s what President Donald Trump will be pressing China’s President Xi Jinping to do when they meet in Florida next week, U. S. Ambassador Nikki Haley said Thursday.
Haley said the Trump administration has „no patience“ for the „cat and mouse situation“ where North Korea provocations including banned nuclear and ballistic missile tests are met with U. N. Security Council resolutions that Pyongyang ignores.
She said the U. S. can’t change the way North Korea thinks but „China can. “ And that will be the focus of the president’s April 6-7 meeting with Xi at his Florida resort.
In a wide-ranging interview with four news agencies, Haley also talked about the new U. S. priorities in Syria, American efforts „to create balance“ at the U. N. on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and her focus on U. N. peacekeeping and human rights when the U. S. takes over the Security Council presidency in April. She also spoke about her hatred for bureaucracy, which she says she’s avoided so far at the U. N.
Haley’s comments on North Korea reflect growing frustration in the Security Council and internationally at the failure of six U. N. sanctions resolutions to stop Pyongyang’s nuclear and missile testing and the expansion of its nuclear program.
Tensions have escalated over North Korean moves to accelerate its weapons development.
