China warned Washington and Seoul against "provoking confrontation" with North Korea on Thursday, after US President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart said Pyongyang would face the "end" of its leadership if it uses its nuclear arsenal.
US President Joe Biden and South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol stand on stage together during an official White House State Arrival Ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington DC, April 26, 2023. REUTERS/ Jonathan Ernst
"All parties should face up to the crux of the [Korean] peninsula issue and play a constructive role in promoting a peaceful settlement of the issue," foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning said. At a summit in Washington, Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol made clear that if the isolated dictatorship in North Korea attacked the South or the United States, the response would be devastating.in the face of the nuclear-armed North's missile tests.
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