Xi Holds Summit With Kim Jong Un in Beijing
The State Department said Monday that Presidents Trump and Xi confirmed their shared denuclearization objective during last month's Beijing summit. The statement followed Xi's meeting with Kim in Pyongyang, where no denuclearization reference was reported.
rediff.comChinese President Xi Jinping arrived in Pyongyang on Monday and held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, who received him at the airport. China's Xinhua News Agency reported that Xi called for the two countries to strengthen political trust and expand practical cooperation.
The State Department said Monday that U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping had confirmed their shared goal to denuclearize North Korea during their summit in Beijing last month. A State Department spokesperson told Yonhap News Agency that the two presidents confirmed their shared goal.
The spokesperson's remarks repeated a line the department used last week ahead of Xi's trip to North Korea.
"In Beijing, President Trump and President Xi confirmed their shared goal to denuclearize North Korea," the State Department spokesperson said in response to Yonhap News Agency.
There were no reports from the Xi-Kim meeting that Xi referred to denuclearization or the Korean Peninsula issue. Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader, said recently that the North's status as a nuclear-armed country is irreversible and described it as a line of no retreat.
