Make contact ASAP to reduce tension of possible nuclear war, China tells US, N’Korea

Asian giants, China has told both the US and North Korea to establish contact as soon as possible to douse tension of a possible nuclear war between Washington and Pyongyang.

The call by China’s Foreign Ministry is coming after President Donald Trump opened the door to a possible future meeting with North Korea’s President Kim Jong Un.

Recall that Trump told Bloomberg News during an interview that he would be honored to meet with Kim at an unspecified future date “if it would be appropriate” and in response to Trump’s comments, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said Washington and Pyongyang need to take concrete steps toward peace.

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Continuing, Geng said China has taken note of the more diplomatic messages sent by the Trump administration and considers them constructive.

“Both sides should reach a political resolution as soon as possible,” Geng said.

“The most effective way of attaining an improvement is to seek ways to re-establish dialogue and contact.”

24-hours ago, North Korea accused US of stoking a nuclear war after a pair of strategic supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers deployed over the Korean peninsula area engaged in a training drill with the South Korean air force.

North Korea said the bombers conducted “a nuclear bomb dropping drill against major objects” in its territory at a time when Trump and “other U.S. warmongers are crying out for making a preemptive nuclear strike” on the North.

“The reckless military provocation is pushing the situation on the Korean peninsula closer to the brink of nuclear war,” the North’s official KCNA news agency said on Tuesday.

 

 

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