Beijing wants to ensure it has a major role in reining in Pyongyang’s nuclear programme while Seoul prefers a process built around US talks with the two Koreas, the Post has learned.
Beijing and Seoul appear split over how to start talks on ridding the Korean peninsula of nuclear weapons, as each player vies for influence in the negotiations, according to diplomatic sources.
Sources told the South China Morning Post that Beijing wanted a structure that would continue to give it an active role in reining in Pyongyang’s nuclear programme while protecting China’s regional interests.
Meanwhile, Seoul prefers a process built around US talks with the two Koreas, according to the sources.
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WNU Editor: China is clearly signalling to everyone that they are not going to be put on the sidelines. In the meantime, both North and South Korea are establishing direct communication links .... Koreas discuss communication issues ahead of summit (AP).