Asked if he could see himself being friends with Kim, Trump said: “That might be a strange thing to happen but it’s a possibility. In the series of tweets Trump also said the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, was “upping sanctions” on North Korea in response to its nuclear and missile programs and that Xi wants Pyongyang to “denuclearize”. Trump acknowledged that China’s position on the South China Sea was a problem. The United States has angered China with freedom of navigation patrols close to Chinese-controlled islands, which have been continued by the Trump administration. In August, foreign ministers of south-east Asia and China adopted a negotiating framework for a code of conduct in the South China Sea.

Source: The Guardian November 12, 2017 03:59 UTC