BEIJING — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in a northern Chinese port city and pledged his continuing commitment to denuclearization ahead of his expected summit with U.S. President Donald Trump, state media said Tuesday. The Trump administration has demanded that North Korea immediately commit to denuclearization. Though rumours are likely widespread, North Korea’s media still have not explicitly confirmed the expected summit with Trump. China has also been eager to assert its importance in the process of lowering tensions on the Korean Peninsula. ——Associated Press writers Eric Talmadge in Pyongyang, North Korea, and Hyung-jin Kim in Seoul, South Korea, contributed to this report.

Source: National Post May 08, 2018 08:12 UTC