《Singapore Daily News Sep 22》Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Guo Jiakun hosted a regular press conference. A Yonhap News Agency reporter asked, “North Korean State Councilor Kim Jong-un stated in his speech to the Supreme People’s Assembly yesterday that he would “absolutely not give up nuclear weapons,” and that a meeting with the United States would be possible only if the United States gave up denuclearization.” How does China view North Korea’s position that it will not denuclearize?

Guo Jiakun responded that China is following the developments in the situation on the Korean Peninsula, and that maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula and promoting a political solution to the peninsula issue are in the common interests of all parties. “We hope that the relevant parties will face up to the crux and root causes of the peninsula issue, adhere to the general direction of a political solution, and make efforts to ease tensions and maintain regional peace and stability.”