The U.S. envoy for North Korea is visiting Beijing this week, a sign Washington is seeking China’s help to revive nuclear disarmament negotiations after the Trump-Kim summit collapsed last month
The U.S. envoy for North Korea is visiting Beijing this week, a sign Washington seeks China’s help in reviving nuclear disarmament negotiations after the summit meeting in Vietnam between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un collapsed last month.Stephen Biegun, the U.S. special representative for North Korea, is in Beijing “to continue U.S.-China coordination on policies related to North Korea," the U.S.
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Observers in China said that Biegun’s latest visit to Beijing suggested Washington was shifting its policy and now looking for Beijing to play a bigger role in breaking the deadlock with Pyongyang. “It is clear that the Trump administration still seeks to negotiate with North Korea over dismantling its nuclear weapons program,” said Cheng Xiaohe, a Korean affairs expert with Renmin University in Beijing.“China’s role to facilitate the negotiation would be strengthened.”
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