China hopeful US North Korea dialogue will yield good outcomes

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(18 Apr 2018) China said on Wednesday it welcomes direct contact and talks between the US and North Korea and hoped it will yield good outcomes . • The comments came from Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying at a regular briefing after US President Donald Trump said the US and North Korea were holding direct talks at extremely high levels in preparation for a possible summit with North Korean leader Kim Jung-Un. • Trump stated five locations were under consideration for the meeting, which was slated to take place by early June. • Hua added that China was open to all the efforts conducive to solving the issue peacefully through dialogue and consultation. • Regarding the visit of the Indian minister of external affairs Sushma Swaraj to China next week, Hua said China's State Councilor Wang Yi will hold a bilateral meeting with her. • We believe that Foreign Minister Sawraj's visit will help improve the mutual trust between two countries and forge ahead with an enduring and steady growth of bilateral ties, Hua said. • Asked to comment on the coverage by the Associated Press of a report questioning the motivation of China's Belt and Road Initiative, Hua Chunying said the massive infrastructure programme has received wide support around the world. • Over 80 countries and international organisations have signed cooperation deals with China, said Hua. • If the initiative neither accords with the trend of time nor benefits people in other countries, and without vitality and prospect, how could it receive so much support and responses? • C4ADS, a US-based research group, issued a report saying China's initiative is actually intended to expand the country's political influence and military presence, instead of strictly meant to promote economic development as China claims. • China's Foreign Ministry rejected the findings, saying in a statement that Belt and Road is essentially an economic cooperation initiative promoting common development through infrastructure. • China is not playing a geopolitical game, it said in a two-page statement it sent to the Associated Press on Tuesday. • It is regretful that the Associated Press only cited a few words of our response in their report, so I don't think the report was a balanced one, said Hua Chunying. • • Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork • Twitter: / ap_archive • Facebook: / aparchives • Instagram: / apnews • • • You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...

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