Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi urged his North Korean counterpart Ri Yong Ho Sunday to abide by U.N. resolutions and stop provoking “the international community’s goodwill” with missile launches and nuclear tests.
Wang spoke to the media after meeting with North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho in Manila on the sidelines of a regional meeting which took place just hours after the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs.
Wang said the two had an intensive conversation during which China urged North Korea to maintain calm. He said he told Ri “do not violate the U.N. decision or provoke the international community’s goodwill by conducting missile launches or nuclear tests.”