U.. S President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, committed to « maximizing pressure on North Korea, » the White House said Monday, amid a
UNITED NATIONS – U.. S President Donald Trump and his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping, committed to “maximizing pressure on North Korea,” the White House said Monday, amid an escalating crisis over Pyongyang’s ballistic and nuclear weapons programs.
In a phone call the two men discussed “North Korea’s continued defiance of the international community and its efforts to destabilize Northeast Asia,” the White House said.
“The two leaders committed to maximizing pressure on North Korea through vigorous enforcement of United Nations Security Council resolutions.”
Trump is currently in New York for the United Nations General Assembly but Xi — who has a major Communist Party congress that will cement his leadership for the next five years — is not attending the event.
Trump is expected to make his first presidential visit to China in early November.
