BEIJING: US President Donald Trump urged China and Russia on Thursday to act fast to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis, warning that 鈥渢ime is quickly running out.鈥�
鈥淲e must act fast. And hopefully China will act faster and more effectively on this problem than anyone,鈥� Trump said as he met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Trump thanked Xi for his efforts to restrict trade with North Korea and cut off all banking ties with China鈥檚 ally, but he urged him to do more.
鈥淐hina can fix this problem easily and quickly, and I am calling on China and your great president to hopefully work on it very hard,鈥� the US leader said.
鈥淚 know one thing about your president: If he works on it hard, it will happen. There鈥檚 no doubt about it.鈥�
Trump, who is expected to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin at an APEC summit in Vietnam this weekend, appealed for help from Moscow, which also has economic ties with North Korea.
鈥淚鈥檓 also calling on Russia to help rein in this potentially very tragic situation,鈥� he said.
Trump earlier said he and Xi believe there is a solution to the nuclear standoff.
He did not elaborate on what the solution might be but his administration believes that China鈥檚 economic leverage over North Korea is the key to strong-arming Pyongyang into halting its nuclear weapons and missile programs.
China has called for negotiations to resolve the matter peacefully.
Trump tells China, Russia 鈥榯ime quickly running out鈥� on North Korea
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