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The US Calls on China to Take a Tougher Stance on North Korea
Marco Werman speaks with The World’s Mary Kay Magistad to find out how China is responding to the growing tensions with North Korea and US calls that China help diffuse those tensions.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have a private bilateral meeting at Blue House in Seoul. (Photo: Reuters)
The words are flying fast and furious between the US and North Korea.
We’ve heard all week about Pyongyang’s threats to hit at the US, possibly by launching a missile.
Well, Friday at a press conference in Seoul, Secretary of State John Kerry warned the North that that would be a “huge mistake.”
Kerry also called on China to put “teeth” in its efforts to reign in North Korea, DPRK.
“No country in the world, has as close a relationship or as significant an impact on the DPRK than China,” Secretary Kerry stated. “China has an enormous ability to help make a difference here.”
Kerry plans to deliver that message in person, when he visits China Friday.
Kerry’s statement hasn’t elicited a Chinese reply yet.