South Korea seeks China’s help as Trump pushes for Kim talks
South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun called for China to play a constructive role during a meeting with his Chinese counterpart in Seoul on Wednesday.
South Korea is reaching out to China for assistance in rekindling negotiations with North Korea, as U.S. President Donald Trump pushes for a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, despite Pyongyang's assertion that no high-level contact has taken place. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Hyun, during a meeting with Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Seoul, urged China to assume a constructive role in facilitating North Korea's prompt re-engagement in dialogue.
Wang, who had arrived in South Korea earlier in the day for his inaugural bilateral visit to the neighboring country in five years, informed Cho that China is eager to see the two Koreas advance towards peaceful coexistence, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry. The Chinese leader's trip coincides with Trump's efforts to re-establish communication with North Korea while simultaneously reducing joint military exercises with South Korea, which Pyongyang routinely criticizes as a rehearsal for war.
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