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China pushes North Korea to drop nuclear test plan: sources
Source: Reuters
Exclusive: China pushes North Korea to drop nuclear test plan: sources
By Benjamin Kang Lim
BEIJING | Wed May 16, 2012 6:20am EDT
(Reuters) - China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react.
If North Korea goes ahead with the test, China would consider taking some retaliatory steps, but they would not be substantive, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters.
North Korea has almost completed preparations for the test, Reuters reported in late April, a step that would further isolate the impoverished state after last month's failed rocket launch that the United States says was a ballistic missile test.
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By Benjamin Kang Lim
BEIJING | Wed May 16, 2012 6:20am EDT
(Reuters) - China has been quietly and gently pressuring North Korea to scrap plans for a third nuclear test, said two sources with knowledge of closed-door discussions between the countries, but there is no indication how the North will react.
If North Korea goes ahead with the test, China would consider taking some retaliatory steps, but they would not be substantive, a source with ties to Pyongyang and Beijing told Reuters.
North Korea has almost completed preparations for the test, Reuters reported in late April, a step that would further isolate the impoverished state after last month's failed rocket launch that the United States says was a ballistic missile test.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/16/us-korea-north-china-idUSBRE84F0F820120516
