INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The landmark summit between Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump has been lauded by China
(File)Beijing: China on Tuesday praised the summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader
Kim Jong Un as historic and called for "full denuclearisation" to resolve tensions on the Korean peninsula.The fact that the two leaders
"can sit together and have equal talks has important and positive meaning, and is creating a new history," Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi
told reporters."The crux of the peninsula nuclear issue is a security issue
The most important, difficult part of this security issue is for the United States and North Korea to sit down to find a way to resolution
via equal talks," Wang said."Resolving the nuclear issue, on the one hand of course is denuclearisation, full denuclearisation
At the same time, there needs to be a peace mechanism for the peninsula, to resolve North Korea's reasonable security concerns.Beijing is
Pyongyang's sole major ally and main trading partner, but it has backed a slew of United Nations sanctions to punish the North over its
nuclear and missile tests.Despite tensions, the Cold War-era allies have sought to mend ties recently, and Kim borrowed an Air China plane
to travel to the landmark summit in Singapore.(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by TheIndianSubcontinent staff and is
published from a syndicated feed.)
