Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, has warned North Korea against launching missiles or conducting nuclear tests. Divisions persist over how to tackle the regime’s weapons programme despite a rare show of unity at the UN security council in agreeing the toughest sanctions yet. President Trump praised Beijing and Moscow for backing a push in New York for a total ban on North Korean coal exports. However, Rex Tillerson insisted talks would not resume with the North unless it abandoned development of intercontinental ballistic missiles. “The best signal that North Korea could send that they’re prepared to talk would be to stop these missile launches,” he Tillerson said, adding that there was…

Source: The Times August 06, 2017 23:04 UTC