Superpower warning to US & N. Korea over attack threats CHINA TELLS TRUMP LET’S ALL KIM DOWN
PRESIDENT Trump has been urged by Chinese premier Xi Jinping to tone down his rhetoric over North Korea.
He called for the US president and despot Kim Jong-un to avoid “words and actions” that could heighten tensions.
Trump has been threatening to rain “fire and fury” on North Korea but China, its only major ally, wants more restraint.
The White House said the US and China had agreed Kim must stop “provocative and escalatory behaviour”.
A statement yesterday through North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said the Trump administration “had better talk and act properly,” if it did not want “the American empire to meet its tragic doom”.
Long- s t anding t ensions over Pyongyang’s nuclear programme worsened last month when it tested two intercontinental ballistic missiles.
Kim’s regime was also infuriated by last week’s UN vote for more economic sanctions.
According to Chinese state media, Mr Xi told Mr Trump in a phone call that “all relevant parties” should stop “words and deeds” that would exacerbate the situation. Mr Xi also stressed China and the US shared “common interests” over denuclearisation and maintaining peace on the Korean peninsula.
A White House statement about the phone call did not mention the apparent plea to Mr Trump. It stressed the two men enjoyed a close relationship, which would “hopefully lead to a peaceful resolution”. Mr Trump has previously criticised China for not reining in its smaller ally.