WASHINGTON (REUTERS) — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Thursday (Feb 8) reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to exert pressure in Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons, the US State Department said..
WASHINGTON (REUTERS) — US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and China’s top diplomat Yang Jiechi on Thursday (Feb 8) reaffirmed their countries’ commitment to exert pressure in Pyongyang over its nuclear weapons, the US State Department said.
Yang was on a two-day visit to Washington that began on Thursday. His talks were also expected to cover the sensitive US-China economic relationship after recent tit-for-tat actions that have raised fears of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies.
«Both sides reaffirmed President Trump’s and President Xi’s commitment to keep up pressure on North Korea’s illegal weapons and nuclear programs,» State Department Spokeswoman Heather Nauert told a news briefing.
Nauert said Tillerson and Yang «agreed on the importance of continuing a constructive and productive relationship aimed at cooperation on mutual challenges and addressing our differences forthrightly».
«They discussed the need to achieve a fair and reciprocal bilateral economic relationship and shared approaches to stemming the flow of deadly narcotics,» Nauert said, adding that the two looked forward to continuing discussions at an annual diplomatic and security dialogue in the first half of 2018.
