Posted on 05/17/2018 12:05:29 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
China urges North Korea to proceed with Donald Trump summit
China has urged its ally North Korea to proceed with a historic summit between its leader, Kim Jong Un, and US president Donald Trump amid threats from Pyongyang to scrap the meeting.
Foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said the sides should ensure the meeting runs as planned and yields substantial outcomes.
Mr Kim and Mr Trump are due to meet in Singapore on June 12, but Pyongyang has threatened to withdraw, saying it has no interest in a one-sided affair meant to pressure it into abandoning its nuclear weapons.
Mr Lu said the meeting was crucial to reducing tensions on the Korean Peninsula and maintaining regional peace and stability.
The Norths warning came hours after it abruptly cancelled a high-level meeting with South Korea, in protest over US-South Korean military exercises.
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Thanks Tiger for your nearly 20 loyal years on FR as top Korean Situation specialistbar none and unparalleled among all Freepers. Now is the time we need your EXPERTISE, and historic recall.
Considering what happened to Muammar Gaddafi - - Kim Jong Un has a valid concern.
A possible solution is for Kim Jong Un to give his weapons to China for safe keeping and allow the Chinese to make the call about 'giving them back'.
If Xi Jinping made the decision to return the weapons to North Korea it would mean we have much bigger problems to deal with... and that small a number of extra bombs used against us would be meaningless...
There is only one outcome, denuclearization of the North.
“Urged?” I think the word you’re looking for is “ordered!”
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