CHENGDU — China, Japan and South Korea have agreed to work together to promote dialog between the United States and North Korea, South Korean President Moon Jae-in said on Tuesday following a summit between the three countries in China. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and U.S. President Donald Trump have met three times since June 2018, but there has been no substantive progress in dialog while the North demanded crushing international sanctions be lifted first. “South Korea, China, Japan, the three countries, agreed to continue close communication and cooperation towards denuclearisation and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula,” Moon said at a joint news conference. Li said that the three leaders reaffirmed the need to seek a resolution to the North Korean issue via dialog and for the three to cooperate in this regard. China is North Korea’s most important economic and diplomatic backer, though Beijing has been angered by Pyongyang’s repeated missile and nuclear tests.

Source: National Post December 24, 2019 04:41 UTC