Moon calls for Chinese role in denuclearizing North Korea

5/12/2019 18:30

        South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Thursday the global diplomatic push to defuse the nuclear standoff with North Korea is at a "critical crossroads” and called for China to continue serving a "positive role" in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula and stabilizing peace.
        
        Moon made the comments during a meeting with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi at Seoul"s presidential Blue House. Wang made his first visit in four years amid efforts to patch up relations damaged by South Korea’s deployment of a U.S. anti-missile system China perceives as a security threat.
        
        “The process for the complete denuclearizing of the Korean Peninsula and permanently stabilizing peace is at a critical crossroads,” Moon said. “I would like to ask for continuous support from the Chinese government until the new era of a peaceful and denuclearized Korean Peninsula opens.”
        
        Wang called for stronger “strategic communication” between Beijing and Seoul and took a jab at the Trump administration, which is locked in trade war with Beijing, saying that international order was being threatened by “unilateralism” and “forcible politics.”