War on Korean peninsula will have no winner, says China | NZ FIJI TIMES

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FILE - This combination of photos show North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on April 15, 2017, in Pyongyang, North Korea, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on April 29, 2017. Threatening language between the U.S. and North Korea is flaring. After Trump vowed to respond with “fire and fury” if Pyongyang continued to threaten the U.S., the North’s military said it is finalizing a plan to fire four midrange missiles to hit waters near the strategic U.S. territory of Guam. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Files)

Updated: 7:27am – China also disapproved of the escalation of the war of words between the United States and North Korea, Lu told a daily news briefing in Beijing.

China said on Tuesday war on the Korean peninsula will have no winner, after North Korea’s foreign minister said US President Donald Trump had declared war on the North and that Pyongyang reserved the right to take countermeasures. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Beijing hopes that US and North Korean politicians can realize that resorting to military means would never be a viable way out.

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Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang said Beijing hopes that US and North Korean politicians can realize that resorting to military means would never be a viable way out. (AP Photo)

China also disapproved of the escalation of the war of words between the United States and North Korea, Lu told a daily news briefing in Beijing.

Meanwhile, commenting on the situation, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said actions leading to escalation of tensions are undesirable and fraught with very dangerous consequences.

-Indian Express

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