The language from Mr Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart after talks in Beijing was notably conciliatory.
US President Donald Trump removed Rex Tillerson as secretary of state and replaced him with CIA Director Mike Pompeo. (Photo: AP)
The US and China pledged on Saturday to work together in addressing the threat posed by North Korea’s nuclear programme, as US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned regional tensions had reached a “dangerous level.”
The language from Mr Tillerson and his Chinese counterpart after talks in Beijing was notably conciliatory after a run-up in which Donald Trump accused China of doing nothing to control its rogue neighbour while Beijing blamed Washington for fuelling hostilities.
“I think we share a common view and a sense that tensions in the peninsula are quite high right now and that things have reached a rather dangerous level,” Mr Tillerson said after talks with Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi.
( Source : AFP )
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