SEOUL – South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stated on Tuesday that he referred to as for China to play a “responsible” position in reining in North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats when he met Chinese Premier Li Qiang final week.
Yoon advised Li that North Korea shouldn’t be a “stumbling block” in bilateral ties with Beijing because it poses an “existential threat” to South Korea.
“Noting that South Korea-US-Japan relations are bound to become more solid as the North Korean nuclear issue becomes more serious, I asked China to play a responsible role for the development of our bilateral relations, and as a permanent member of the UN Security Council,” Yoon advised a televised cupboard assembly.
Yoon additionally stated he and Li displayed assist for a deliberate resumption this yr of a trilateral summit involving Japan. —Reuters
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