This picture taken on November 17, 2017 and released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency shows Song Tao (3rd L)attending a meeting with Choe Ryong Hae (2nd R), a senior official of the North's ruling party (AFP Photo)
Nikkei Asian Review: China reports little progress by envoy on North Korea nuclear issue
Kim Jong Un didn't meet with Beijing official, source says.
BEIJING/SEOUL -- Chinese President Xi Jinping's special envoy to North Korea returned home Monday from a four-day trip to the rogue state without meeting its leader, Kim Jong Un, a signal that Pyongyang's nuclear and missile development could lead to a further cooling in relations.
The envoy, Song Tao, met with two of Kim's close aides, Choe Ryong Hae and Ri Su Yong, after arriving Friday in North Korea. China's state-run Xinhua News Agency reported that Song spoke with leaders of the North's ruling Workers' Party of Korea but gave no indication that he met with Kim.
"I have no more details to offer about the specifics of [Song's] visit," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters Monday.
Though Pyongyang's official Korean Central News Agency reported on Song's return, it did not say whether the envoy spoke with Kim.
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Update: China envoy goes home empty-handed from North Korea (The Times).
WNU Editor: Yup .... it is is a snub .... North Korea’s Kim Jong-un ‘snubs’ China in failure to repay diplomatic favour (SCMP). The Chinese have quickly responded .... Air China suspends North Korea flights, deepening isolation (ABC News/AP).
1 comment:
Oh no...what a harsh punishment. .suspending flights to that hell hole. Did they ask for the billions in support back? Did they ask for the military equipment used to target us back? No they did not!
Stop falling for the gesture play. It's Asia -- haven't you learned how this works here?
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