BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping advised the United States and North Korea to begin talks as "soon as possible" in a telephone call along with his American counterpart, state media mentioned on Friday.
Xi praised the "positive aspiration" of President Donald Trump to reach a political agreement of the Korean peninsula issue after the United States chief agreed to fulfill Kim Jong Un, state news company Xinhua added.
"I hope the United States and North Korea can get in touch and start dialogue as soon as possible, and strive to obtain positive achievements," mentioned Xi, in keeping with Xinhua.
Trump on Thursday agreed to a historical meeting with Kim - which would be the first ever between a US president and a North Korean chief - via May, in a shocking construction in America's high-stakes nuclear standoff with North Korea.
Xi told Trump the transfer to pursue denuclearisation via "the right track of dialogue" was once certain.
It comes after the South's envoy who returned from the North earlier this week mentioned Pyongyang had presented to carry denuclearisation talks in go back for security guarantees.
The North also agreed to carry a historical summit between its chief Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in late April.
Envoy Chung Eui-yong, head of Seoul's National Security Office, will trip to China in addition to Russia following his Washington shuttle where he announced Trump will meet Kim.
Under force from US President Donald Trump, Beijing has sponsored a series of United Nations sanctions in opposition to North Korea, sending relations between the Cold War-era allies to a new low.
Beijing has repeatedly referred to as for negotiations to peacefully put an end to tensions that have raised fears of nuclear warfare, after months of fiery rhetoric between Kim and Trump.
Xi told Trump China would "firmly devote itself to achieve the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula", and to solving the problem via dialogue and consultation, Xinhua mentioned.
But China's international minister Thursday stressed out that "the sincerity" of all events to unravel the nuclear disaster would be tested, noting that breakthroughs at the North Korean nuclear issue had collapsed in the past.
"Of course it takes more than one cold day to freeze three feet of ice," he mentioned.
The thaw follows a length of utmost stress between Washington and Pyongyang that sounded just like the rising drumbeat of conflict.
Xi praised the "positive aspiration" of President Donald Trump to reach a political agreement of the Korean peninsula issue after the United States chief agreed to fulfill Kim Jong Un, state news company Xinhua added.
"I hope the United States and North Korea can get in touch and start dialogue as soon as possible, and strive to obtain positive achievements," mentioned Xi, in keeping with Xinhua.
Trump on Thursday agreed to a historical meeting with Kim - which would be the first ever between a US president and a North Korean chief - via May, in a shocking construction in America's high-stakes nuclear standoff with North Korea.
Xi told Trump the transfer to pursue denuclearisation via "the right track of dialogue" was once certain.
It comes after the South's envoy who returned from the North earlier this week mentioned Pyongyang had presented to carry denuclearisation talks in go back for security guarantees.
The North also agreed to carry a historical summit between its chief Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in late April.
Envoy Chung Eui-yong, head of Seoul's National Security Office, will trip to China in addition to Russia following his Washington shuttle where he announced Trump will meet Kim.
Under force from US President Donald Trump, Beijing has sponsored a series of United Nations sanctions in opposition to North Korea, sending relations between the Cold War-era allies to a new low.
Beijing has repeatedly referred to as for negotiations to peacefully put an end to tensions that have raised fears of nuclear warfare, after months of fiery rhetoric between Kim and Trump.
Xi told Trump China would "firmly devote itself to achieve the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula", and to solving the problem via dialogue and consultation, Xinhua mentioned.
But China's international minister Thursday stressed out that "the sincerity" of all events to unravel the nuclear disaster would be tested, noting that breakthroughs at the North Korean nuclear issue had collapsed in the past.
"Of course it takes more than one cold day to freeze three feet of ice," he mentioned.
The thaw follows a length of utmost stress between Washington and Pyongyang that sounded just like the rising drumbeat of conflict.
Xi urges US-North Korea talks 'as soon as possible'
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