State Councilor and Foreign Minister Wang Yi (left) shakes hands with Ri Yong-ho, foreign minister of the DPRK, on Wednesday in Pyongyang. [Photo/Xinhua]
China is willing to continue playing a positive role to seek a political resolution for the Korean peninsula, its top diplomat, State Councilor Wang Yi, told North Korea’s foreign minister as diplomatic efforts gather pace.
China fully supported North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization on the Korean peninsula as well as its decision to concentrate its efforts on economic development, Wang said during his trip to Pyongyang.
China says to play positive role as it seeks North Korea resolution -- Reuters
The two-day visit by Wang Yi follows a landmark inter-Korean summit and precedes a meeting between the North’s leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump in coming weeks.
The two top diplomats met in Beijing last month, days after Kim travelled to China for talks with President Xi Jinping.
It was Kim’s first overseas trip since he took power in 2011 and came amid signs of a diplomatic thaw.
China’s foreign minister arrives in N. Korea -- AFP
The visit comes after hopes grew last week for a breakthrough to bring peace to the divided Korean Peninsula, following a historic summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in at which the pair vowed “complete denuclearization.”
China’s top diplomat Wang Yi to visit North Korea this week-- Reuters
Mr. Wang’s two-day trip to Pyongyang, which ended Thursday, was the second such visit by a senior Chinese official since Mr. Kim traveled to Beijing to meet Mr. Xi, easing tensions between the neighbors and allies.
Kim Jong Un Repeats Commitment to Denuclearization to China -- The Wall Street Journal
