Xinhua News Agency, Beijing, February 13th (Reporter Yan Zimin) Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Geng Shuang said at a regular press conference on the 13th that China welcomes and affirms the recent positive development of the situation on the Korean Peninsula.
A reporter asked, it is reported that the South Korean Unification Ministry said that the future work of the ROK will focus on guiding the DPRK-US dialogue. At the same time, US Vice President Burns said in an interview that the United States and South Korea reached a consensus on the DPRK nuclear issue, and the ROK first contacted and talked with the DPRK. After that, if possible, the United States would like to "extreme pressure and contact dialogue at the same time". What is China’s comment on this?
Geng Shuang said: China has always believed that the peninsula issue should ultimately be resolved through dialogue and negotiation, and hopes that the DPRK and the ROK can continue the hard-won momentum of contact and interaction around the Winter Olympics, and take this as a starting point to push the door of political dialogue between the two sides step by step.
He said that at the same time, the core of the peninsula issue is the contradiction between the DPRK and the United States, and he hopes that the interaction between the DPRK and the ROK can be transformed into the interaction between the DPRK and the United States in time. To solve the peninsula problem, it is not only sanctions without dialogue, but also pressure without negotiation. Instead, it is necessary to turn the pressure of sanctions into the driving force for negotiations in time. I hope that the DPRK and the United States can seize the current window of opportunity, show sincerity, move in the same direction, and take meaningful steps in a timely and decisive manner.
"When the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics brings warmth to people, the international community should cheer more and encourage more, further guide the situation on the peninsula to develop in the right direction, and make practical efforts to truly realize the turn of the situation, so as to promote the denuclearization of the peninsula at an early date and establish lasting peace on the peninsula." Geng Shuang said.