Foreign Minister Wang Yi issues statement backing talks after meeting in Moscow
China’s foreign minister has said he hopes that planned summits between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and the presidents of South Korea and the United States will “take the fuse” out of the situation on the Korean peninsula.
After a meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in Moscow, Wang Yi said he hoped the summits would bring the issue of North Korea’s nuclear programme back into the realm of dialogue and negotiations.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump have both agreed to meet Kim.
“We all welcome and support the apparent improvement in the situation on the peninsula and appreciate the efforts of all parties,” Wang, who is also a State Councillor, said on Thursday, in comments posted on his ministry’s website.
He added that he hoped the three leaders would take the opportunity to completely defuse the situation.
Trump has traded barbs with the North Korean leader for much of his time in office as Pyongyang pursued the development of nuclear weapons capable of hitting the United States.
