China hails ‘great significance’ of Kim-Trump summit
China yesterday hailed the “great significance” of the weekend meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and US President Donald Trump, and urged all sides to “seize the opportunity” to make progress towards the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
Trump on Sunday stepped into North Korean territory in the Demilitarized Zone, the first time a sitting US president has ever set foot in the former enemy country.
Moments after the historic gesture, Trump brought Kim back over the dividing line separating North and South Korea for a meeting where they agreed to start working-level talks on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons.
“These developments should be welcomed,” Chinese Foreign ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a regular press briefing.
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