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Trump Fears "Major, Major Conflict" With North Korea
Topic Started: Apr 28 2017, 10:12 AM (7 Views)
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BBC News: Trump Fears "Major, Major Conflict"

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US President Donald Trump has said he would like to solve the North Korea crisis diplomatically, but that a "major, major conflict" is possible.

In an interview with Reuters he praised China's President Xi Jinping for his handling of North Korea, calling him "a very good man" who loved his country. Mr Trump also said it had been "very hard" for Kim Jong-un to take over North Korea at such a young age.

The UN Security Council is meeting to discuss North Korea on Friday.

US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Washington would negotiate with North Korea, with a view to removing nuclear weapons from the country, not changing the government. He told NPR radio in the US: "We do not seek regime change, we do not seek a collapse of the regime, we do not seek an accelerated reunification of the peninsula. We seek a denuclearised Korean peninsula - and that is entirely consistent with the objectives of others in the region as well."

Mr Tillerson also indicated that he thought China, North Korea's major ally, might be starting to see the regime as a "liability" or a security risk. "What China is beginning to re-evaluate is whether North Korea is any kind of an asset to them, or whether North Korea themselves and the regime have become a liability to China's own security," he said.

Shortly after being elected, Mr Trump accused China of not doing enough to rein in North Korea and suggested the US could take unilateral action.

But Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi has warned that tensions on the Korean peninsula risk getting out of control. According to Mr Tillerson, China has told the US it will impose sanctions on North Korea if it conducts further nuclear tests.
-Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-39741671
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