President Donald Trump, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping walk together after their meetings at Mar-a-Lago, in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 7, (AP file photo)BEIJING -- Chinese President Xi Jinping told President Donald Trump in a phone call on Wednesday that Beijing is willing to work with Washington on ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, but wants a peaceful solution. Xi's comments come after the US president tweeted that China should do more on the issue Washington sees as an increasingly urgent threat, or the US would go it alone. Xi told Trump that China insists on peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and wants to find a solution to the problem through peaceful means. "China insists on realizing the denuclearization of the peninsula ... and is willing to maintain communication and coordination with the American side over the issue on the peninsula,'' Xi was quoted as saying by state broadcaster CCTV and other official media outlets. In a second tweet he wrote: "North Korea is looking for trouble.

Source: Bangkok Post April 12, 2017 07:52 UTC