China, U.S. agree aim of "complete, irreversible" Korean denuclearisation


  • World
  • Saturday, 24 Jun 2017

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reacts during the 8th Congress of the Korean Children's Union (KCU) at the April 25 House of Culture in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang June 7, 2017. REUTERS/KCNA

BEIJING (Reuters) - China and the United States agreed that efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula should be "complete, verifiable and irreversible", Chinese state media said on Saturday, reporting the results of high level talks in Washington this week.

"Both sides reaffirm that they will strive for the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula," a consensus document released by the official Xinhua news agency said.

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