Kim Jong-un says he will work with China to secure 'true peace’ after meeting with president XI Jinping
Following his historic summit with Donald Trump in Singapore, Kim Jong-un has held talks with Chinese president Xi Jinping.
The North Korean leader once again spoke of denuclearisation, and promised to work with China to secure ‘true peace’,
Kim’s trip to Beijing marks his third visit to China, a key ally, since March.
The North Korean leader told Mr Xi he would work with China on ‘opening a new future’ on the Korean peninsula, according to the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).
The Chinese president told Kim that he hopes Pyongyang and Washington can fully implement the outcomes of last week’s nuclear summit.
State broadcaster CCTV said Mr Xi told Kim that through the ‘concerted efforts of the relevant countries’, negotiations regarding issues on the Korean peninsula are back on track and the overall situation is moving in the direction of peace and stability.
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The summit last week between Kim and Donald Trump in Singapore marked an ‘important step toward the political solution of the Korean peninsula nuclear issue’, Mr Xi was quoted as saying in the meeting at the Great Hall of the People in central Beijing.
Mr Xi said China hopes North Korea and the US can ‘implement well the outcomes achieved at the summit’.
He said China would ‘as always play a constructive role’ in the process.
In a joint statement at last week’s summit, Mr Kim pledged to work towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula in exchange for US security guarantees.
Trump also agreed to suspend military exercises with South Korea in what was seen as a major win for North Korea and its chief allies China and Russia.
Trump’s surprise announcement in Singapore of a US suspension of military drills with its South Korean ally fulfils a goal long pursued by North Korea and its primary backers China and Russia.
That move is seen as potentially weakening defences and diplomacy among America’s Asian allies, while bolstering China and Russia.
The US has stationed combat troops in South Korea since the Korean War, in which China fought on North Korea’s side and which ended in 1953 with an armistice and no peace treaty.
South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said Kim’s visit to China highlights the ‘constructive role’ Beijing could play in disarming North Korea.
