China’s foreign ministry on Wednesday denied the authenticity of an allegedly leaked Communist Party of China (CPC) memo which suggests Beijing will continue to allow North Korea to have nuclear weapons and receive economic assistance.

The document, which is alleged to have been sent on September 15 2017 by the general office of CPC to the ruling party’s international liaison department, is a “fake,” foreign ministry spokesperson Geng Shuang told press on Wednesday.

“North Korea will not have to immediately give up its nuclear weapons,” if it promises not to continue nuclear tests, the document, reported as genuine by the Washington Free Beacon