Quick Take: China ‘Welcomes’ Trump-Kim Talks

South Korean National Security Advisor Chung Eui-yong (center) briefs reporters outside the West Wing of the White House on Thursday, announcing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered to meet US President Donald Trump. Photo: VCG

China said it welcomed the “positive signal” sent by the Trump administration’s agreement to hold denuclearization talks with North Korea.

Both sides are moving in the right direction to solve the nuclear issues on the Korean Peninsula, Geng Shuang, spokesman for China’s Foreign Ministry, told reporters in Beijing on Friday.

“What the parties should do next is to work together actively in order to put the situation on the Korean Peninsula back on the track for peace and stability,” Geng said.

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