Washington: President Donald Trump will speak by telephone with the leaders of China and Japan on Sunday, in talks likely to be dominated by North Korea’s nuclear drive and the threats posed by its belligerent leadership. The Trump administration has been growing increasingly exasperated with North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un’s regime, which has staged a barrage of missile tests in recent months. On Sunday, Trump will speak with Chinese President Xi Jinping at 8:45pm (0045 GMT Monday) and with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at 8:00pm. During talks with South Korean leader Moon Jae-In—who has pushed for a policy of engagement with Pyongyang—on Friday, Trump called for a “determined response” to the North. But the pair failed to map out a joint strategy on how to respond to North Korean threats.“The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed, many years it has failed.

Source: Mint July 02, 2017 06:56 UTC