Americas...:Tillerson in China to Pile Pressure on NKorea

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US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met with China's foreign minister in Beijing on Saturday to discuss efforts to curb North Korea's nuclear ambitions and prepare President Donald Trump's November visit.

Tillerson, whose arrival was delayed due to technical problems with his plane in Tokyo, was greeted by Foreign Minister Wang Yi at the Great Hall of the People at Tiananmen Square.

His visit comes as relations between the two superpowers appear to be improving after months of tensions over how to handle North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un's nuclear provocations.

"At present, China-US relations overall have a positive momentum and have arrived at an important opportunity to progress further," Wang said, adding that Trump's visit would be a "major event in US-China relations".

Tillerson told Wang that he looked forward to an exchange "on issues important to us and in particular to begin the important work to prepare for the upcoming visit of President Trump."

They did not mention North Korea in their public remarks before reporters were ushered out, but the topic was expected to be on the agenda.

Tillerson was scheduled to meet later with President Xi Jinping after talks with top diplomat Yang Jiechi.

Tillerson had been due to arrive on Friday evening but his aircraft's problems forced him to travel to China on a military transport plane on Saturday.

Trump has repeatedly urged Xi to exert more economic pressure on Pyongyang to convince the renegade regime to give up its nuclear ambitions.

China, North Korea's main trade partner, has responded by backing a slew of new United Nations sanctions.

For its part, Beijing has insisted that the sanctions must be coupled with efforts to organize peace talks, but Trump and Kim have traded increasingly personal insults that have raised fears that the crisis could spark a conflict.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team