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China urges Koreas to get along, as North warns of ‘crisis’ over US-South Korea military drills
- China’s ambassador to Seoul, Xing Haiming, said inter-Korean relations should be improved as the two sides ‘are of the same people’
- His remarks came after a top North Korean official again resorted to sabre-rattling over US-South Korea military drills
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Park Chan-kyongin Seoul
China’s ambassador to Seoul on Wednesday urged the two Koreas to get along better with each other, as Pyongyang again resorted to sabre-rattling amid ongoing US-South Korea military drills.
Xing Haiming made the remarks at a forum marking the 29th anniversary of the establishment of relations between China and South Korea, on the same day that top North Korean official Kim Yong-chol warned of a “serious security crisis” if the joint military exercises continue.
“Inter-Korean relations should be improved. After all, North Korea and South Korea are of the same Korean people and we just hope they make concerted efforts to get along well with each other,” Xing told journalists. “It would be a good thing for them to do a lot of things that may help bring about peace and reconciliation on the Korean peninsula.”
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At a separate congratulatory speech at the forum, Xing said China would continue its “constructive roles” to help ensure peace on the Korean peninsula, adding that Beijing supported Seoul’s efforts to improve ties with Pyongyang.
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“Together with South Korea, we will continue pursuing denuclearisation … and enduring peace on the Korean peninsula”, he said.
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