World leaders condemn North Korea over provocations

German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Korean President Moon Jae-in during the G-20 summit talks in Hamburg on Friday
German Chancellor Angela Merkel meets Korean President Moon Jae-in during the G-20 summit talks in Hamburg on Friday
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08 July, 2017

Trump and Abe met in Hamburg, Germany, during the G20 summit, an annual meeting of world leaders that focuses on worldwide trade and finance.

Trump, who has urged Xi to use China's economic leverage to pressure Pyongyang, also said he appreciated what Xi has done.

World leaders on Thursday condemned North Korea's latest missile launch, with the European Union and Japan issuing a statement calling for "a new and comprehensive" resolution by the U.N. Security Council and that they were prepared to impose unspecified new sanctions.

Norio Maruyama, a spokesman for the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said the discussion on North Korea had lasted 75 minutes and that Abe had expressed deep skepticism about trying to engage the North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un.

"It may take longer than I'd like, it may take longer that you'd like", Trump said, "but there will be success in the end, one way or the other". The reclusive country test-launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Tuesday.

Among the issues affecting relations between the two nations were the sanctions on Russian Federation, halting North Korea's nuclear weapons program and managing frictions over Syria and Iran.

Trump hosted Xi at his Florida resort in April for a summit, and the leaders agreed to try to quickly ease some trade irritants within 100 days.

Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 summit in the German city of Hamburg, Xi told Abe the countries were important neighbors, and said the healthy development of relations was of importance to the rest of the world, Xinhua said.

Translation for Xi's remarks was not immediately available.


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