WASHINGTON, United States (AFP)–China hopes the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will take place June 12 as planned, its top diplomat said Wednesday.
“If you want to solve the moment now is the time, if you want peace now is the time, if you want to make history now is the time,” Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday in Washington, alongside his counterpart Mike Pompeo.
“We look forward to seeing the meeting take place as scheduled and be successful” on June 12 in Singapore, Wang said.
The Chinese diplomat said Trump and Kim “have the wisdom to make the right decision and bring peace to the Korean peninsula and bring good news to the world.”
Wang said China considers it “necessary” to obtain the “denuclearization” of the Korean peninsula, and to take into account legitimate security concerns of the North when the time comes.
He also said Beijing will continue to “strictly and fully implement” the international sanctions adopted by the UN Security Council after a series of North Korean nuclear and ballistic tests in 2017.
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