China eyes diplomatic settlement of North Korean crisis

BEIJING - 16 Aug 2017: China eyes settling the North Korean crisis via diplomatic channels.

China's Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying said the situation on the Korean Peninsula is at a crucial juncture, we hope various parties can take seriously China's "suspension for suspension" proposal and find a breakthrough and an effective way out for the resumption of peace talks and peaceful settlement through political and diplomatic means.

"We hope under the current circumstances, various parties can mainly focus on easing the tensions and early resumption of talks," she added.

China has closely followed the development of the situation on the peninsula and always made its efforts and played its role to promote the early resumption of peace talks among various parties.

At present, China is keeping close communications with all relevant parties of the six-party talks. I believe China's position is clear to all.

The nature of China-US economic and trade relations are mutually beneficial and win-win. The two sides have reached important consensus on how to handle the problems in our economic and trade relations through the China-US Comprehensive Economic Dialogue.

"I hope the two sides can, in spirit of mutual respect, equality and mutual benefit, address each other's concerns through dialogue and uphold the sustained, sound and steady development of China-US economic and trade relations," she concluded