China's Xi tells Trump hard-earned easing of tensions on Korean peninsula must continue

China’s President Xi Jinping told U.S. President Donald Trump in a phone call on Tuesday that the hard-earned easing of tensions on the Korean peninsula must continue, Chinese state media reported.

کد خبر: ۷۶۴۸۶۳

تاریخ: ۲۶ دی ۱۳۹۶ - ۰۹:۰۲

Unity on the issue was extremely important, Xi said, according to Chinese state broadcaster CCTV.

Senior officials from 20 nations will gather in Vancouver on Tuesday for a summit on curbing North Korea’s nuclear ambitions, in a bid to increase diplomatic and financial pressure on Pyongyang to scrap its missile and nuclear programmes.