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B7 Asia held hostage by NKorea’s ‘twisted fantasies’ – Trump

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DANANG, Vietnam: US President - ing held hostage by the “twisted fantasies” of North Korean leader Kim Jong- Un, as he called on countries to stand united

Trump has embarked on a rally regional support for curbing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, warning that time

“The future of this region and its beautiful people must not be held hostage to a dictator’s twisted fantasies of violent conquest and nuclear blackmail,” he said during a speech in Vietnam to

The region, he added, must “stand united in declaring that every single step the North Korean regime takes toward more weapons is a step it takes into

The US administra­tion thinks China’s economic leverage over North Korea is the key to strong- arming Pyongyang into halting its nuclear weapons and

On Thursday, Trump was in Beijing meeting President Xi Jin- ping, where he called on China

“China can fix this problem easily and quickly, and I am calling on China and your great president to hopefully work on

Washington has also worked in recent months to convince allies an issue that will remain prominent during his two day trip to Vietnam, which is currently

- ers of Japan, Russia, China and South Korea are also attending

US President Donald Trump speaks on the final day of the APEC CEO Summit, part of the broader Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperatio­n ( APEC) leaders’ summit, in the central Vietnamese city of Danang on Friday.

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