[highlight txtcolor=”#oooff”]The international community is still seeking a lasting solution to the ongoing crisis in the Korean peninsula, seeking a diplomatic solution among other things, U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry visited China for talks, and he was received by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang who emphasized the common interest between the two countries.[/highlight]
By this, China and the US have vowed to work together to persuade North Korea to give up its nuclear programme and to settle tensions through dialogue.
A Chinese statement issued during a visit by US Secretary of State John Kerry said the nuclear issue was the “shared responsibility of all parties”.
Mr Kerry said the two sides must decide “very quickly” how to proceed.
North Korea has recently threatened nuclear attacks, and is feared to be preparing a missile launch.
Li Keqiang told Kerry during their meeting in Beijing that China and U.S. indeed have huge common interest. Decades of practice after establishment of Sino-U.S. diplomatic relations has proven that our common interest is far more than dispute. In addition, as big countries, China and U.S. have responsibility to maintain the peace and stability of region and the world.
Kerry is also meeting China’s top leaders in an effort to persuade them to exert pressure on North Korea to scale back its belligerent rhetoric and, eventually, return to nuclear talks.
John Kerry believes that china, being the North’s main trading partner, financial backer and the closest thing it has to a diplomatic ally, is able to leverage its relationship and bring North Korea back on track.
“We very much look forward to building on what the president just described to me as the potential of a new model, a model relationship, obviously this is a critical time in the region as well as in the world. We are very grateful to China for its cooperation with us on Iran and on a number of other issues,” Kerry told Li during the meeting.
Kerry met Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier today and is scheduled to also meet State Councilor later.
