China tells Trump to stay calm over North Korea threat to cancel nuclear summit
Cool heads needed to avoid previous diplomatic failures to bring peace to the Korean peninsula, says China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi
China’s foreign minister has called for the United States to respond calmly to threats by North Korea to pull out of a summit between the two countries’ leaders.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi said issues surrounding the Korean peninsula situation must be handled with care to avoid the diplomatic failures of the past.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump are due to meet in Singapore next month to discuss reining in Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
But North Korea cancelled talks with the South this week and said it might not attend the Singapore talks after it was angered by military exercises conducted by the American and South Korean militaries.
Wang Yi, who is on official visit to Paris, said on Wednesday “all parties, especially the United States, should cherish this opportunity for peace and should not work as a barrier”.