China says can’t end North Korea nuke program on its own

In making the statement, the Chinese Foreign Ministry is also rebuffing suggestions coming from the United States that China should be doing more on the issue. He said that more troubling was the recent test successes may give Pyongyang a false sense of confidence.

The South Korean president made the statement during a meeting with ruling and opposition party leaders, who have been divided over the deployment of THAAD, a USA anti-missile defense system.

A South Korean official points to North Korea’s northeastern county of Kilju, where the country conducted a nuclear test on Friday.

“North Korea has a tunnel where it can conduct an additional nuclear test”, Moon said.

According to the Associated Press, Hua was replying to a remark by U.S Defense Secretary Ash Carter who had said that China had an “important responsibility” in North Korea.

The United States has flown nuclear-capable supersonic bombers over ally South Korea in a show of force meant to cow North Korea after its fifth nuclear test and also to settle rattled nerves in the South. This is because Beijing sees it as another bid by the USA to contain China. The United States, Britain and France – three of the five veto-wielding permanent members – pushed for the 15-member body to impose new sanctions.

As a permanent member of the UN Security Council and a close neighbor of the DPRK, China has made unremitting efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and safeguard the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, Hua said.

“As North Korea has publicly said nuclear warheads have been standardized and customized to mount on ballistic missiles, we should keep in mind that North Korea’s nuclear missiles are a realistic, imminent threat targeting us, not a simple threat for negotiations”, Park told a meeting with major political party leaders. Ms Park and the three party leaders denounced North Korea’s latest nuclear test, but were divided on how to deal with the threat.

Pyongyang’s assertions that it is able to miniaturize a nuclear warhead have never been independently verified.

Speaking to his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov yesterday, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China “strongly urged North Korea and other relevant parties to remain calm and exercise restraint, and not take any new steps to intensify tensions”, China’s Foreign Ministry said.

Ri left Pyongyang on Monday to attend a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement countries in Venezuela and later the UN General Assembly, North Korea’s official KCNA news agency said. “If North Korea is ready to talk to us sincerely, I think we can work with that within the six party process”, Kim said.

The scheduled fly-over was delayed from Monday due to weather conditions in Guam, where the bombers are stationed.

“As a outcome, over the next several years, the likelihood of nuclear conflict in Korea will become dramatically higher than in the past”, he said.

“The South Korean government must cooperate fully with the United States in order to deploy tactical nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula”, the group stated on Monday.