April 19, 2024
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Despite Park trip, China sticks to basic message on North

China wants 'denuclearization of the Korean peninsula' makes no specific reference to Pyongyang

SEOUL – China and South Korea released conflicting statements regarding the denuclearization of North Korea, despite both sides using rhetoric that indicated Seoul and Beijing had reached consensus on the issue.

Park returned to Seoul on Monday morning after a long weekend of bilateral meetings with Chinese counterparts that were widely believed to have been dominated by discussion of North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

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