A street in Pyongyang of the DPRK (Photo: AP)Hanoi (VNA) – China was very active incalling on the US to ease its embargoes against the Democratic People’sRepublic of Korea (DPRK) ahead of the DPRK-USA Hanoi Summit Vietnam which tookplace on February 27-28.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has said he understands DPRK leader Kim Jong-un’s hopefor the US’s corresponding acts in return for the DPRK’s denuclearization.
Japan’s Yomiuri newspaper on February 28 cited Chinese State Councillor Wang Yias saying that the first DPRK-US summit has opened up opportunities fordialogue and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
Therefore, the second summit would be an important step towards the realisationof the peace and denuclearization mechanism on the peninsula, he said.
The spokesperson of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 21called on the United Nations Security Council to discuss easing embargoes onthe DPRK.
China accounted for up to 90 percent of theDPRK’s exports before 2018. However, in the year, the DPRK’s export turnover toChina dropped 88 percent compared with 2017 due to impact of the embargoes.
Meanwhile, Russia has also expressed its hope that the second summit would leadto the loosening of the sanctions.
Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said on February 26 that economicpressures and embargoes on the DPRK should be eased in exchange for thecountry’s denuclearization. -VNA
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