Sunday, June 17, 2018

China Wants Another Summit With Japan And South Korea

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and South Korean President Moon Jae-in.

SCMP: China sounds out Japan and South Korea for another summit about North Korea this year, sources say

The proposed talks in Beijing in December would be the second such summit this year, and could represent Beijing’s attempt to hold sway in the wake of the Trump-Kim meeting.

China has sounded out Japan and South Korea to hold a trilateral summit again in December in Beijing, hoping to further ramp up cooperation to denuclearise North Korea, diplomatic sources said Sunday.

With the leaders of Japan, China and South Korea having met for a summit in Tokyo just last month, it would be unusual for a trilateral meeting at this level to be held again in the same year.

China, a key economic benefactor of North Korea, appears to be pushing for a successive summit with its neighbours to ensure that it has the lead in the North Korean nuclear issue, following the recent historic US-North Korea summit, some political commentators say.

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WNU Editor: The Chinese wants this summit in December .... which tells me that they expect the talks on the Korean peninsula to not be resolved in the coming months.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hookay, China wants a SK, NK C summit without the US. I'd say the Trump-Kim side relationship really bugs China.

jac said...

China is in a panic mode.

Anonymous said...

Looks like China is betting on a delay on north Korea. Why? Because of the trade war. They will double down on their previous policy of arming north Korea and breaking sanctions. There it is. Best chances for war between china and the US, if China does not finally stop its reckless ways. The summit is to soft talk American allies and confuse them about the further arming in North Korea. If Kim plays along this Chinese plot, he will die very very soon. Very soon. Not in December. Much sooner. Trump will not be betrayed by this Chinese north Korean plot.