SEOUL — A senior China diplomat offered conciliatory remarks to South Korean President Moon Jae-in on Thursday amid efforts to repair ties strained by a U.S. anti-missile system, while leveling sharp criticism at the United States for “Cold War” thinking. But Wang sharply criticized the United States over THAAD in remarks to a lunchtime gathering of South Korean businesspeople and former government officials in Seoul. Moon, meanwhile, asked Wang for Beijing’s help to “reach a nuclear-free, peaceful peninsula” as tensions with North Korea rise. South Korea sees China as instrumental in reviving the stalemated nuclear talks between the United States and North Korea, a longtime ally of Beijing. Denuclearisation negotiations between North Korea and the United States reached stalemate after a working-level meeting in Stockholm broke down in October.

Source: National Post December 05, 2019 10:07 UTC