China and South Korea urge North Korea to resume nuclear talks

The leaders of China and South Korea called for North Korea to resume negotiations on its nuclear disarmament after a meeting in which they discussed ways to draw their isolated and erratic neighbourback into dialogue with the outside world.

The summit in Beijing marked the beginning of a four-day visit by South Korea’s new president, Park Geun-hye. It also came at a time when China, Pyongyang’s biggest ally and longtime benefactor, has signalled unusual displeasure with the North after it recently carried out a missile launch and nuclear test and issued a barrage of provocative rhetoric despite Beijing’s protests.

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William Wan, The Washington Post via CHINA US Focus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ChinaUsFocus/~3/rZ6xUQKEj9Y/