China proposes peace treaty to replace Korean War armistice: Kyodo
- 6 years ago
Chinese President Xi Jinping has reportedly proposed to U.S. President Donald Trump that the armistice that ended hostilities in the Korean War... be turned into a peace treaty... signed by the two Koreas, the U.S. and China.
Citing multiple U.S. and Chinese diplomatic sources, Japan-based Kyodo News reported-- that President Xi had made the proposal in a phone conversation with President Trump on March 9th.
That's a couple of weeks before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited President Xi in China.
The Kyodo report highlighted that Japan and Russia, though members of the long-stalled six-party denuclearization talks,... were excluded from President Xi's proposal as a way to seize the initiative on the North Korea issue.
It said President Trump did not reply definitively to the suggestion but did ask China to keep up its pressure on the North.
Citing multiple U.S. and Chinese diplomatic sources, Japan-based Kyodo News reported-- that President Xi had made the proposal in a phone conversation with President Trump on March 9th.
That's a couple of weeks before North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited President Xi in China.
The Kyodo report highlighted that Japan and Russia, though members of the long-stalled six-party denuclearization talks,... were excluded from President Xi's proposal as a way to seize the initiative on the North Korea issue.
It said President Trump did not reply definitively to the suggestion but did ask China to keep up its pressure on the North.