Q: About the DPRK-related sanctions, last week China said that the Security Council needs to consider holding a debate on invoking the provisions of Security Council resolutions, which would at least take a concession from the US. Do you have any suggestions about what concessions might be made on either side to make the negotiations move forward as the DPRK-US summit is to be held in days?
A: Like I just said, progress needs to be made in the negotiations between the DPRK and the United States, and the key is that both sides should carefully listen to, consider and accommodate each other's legitimate concerns and meet each other half way. As the Chinese side said, the general direction should be both promoting the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula and replacing the armistice with a peace regime in parallel. We believe that under the current circumstances, as various members of the international community are calling for, if some positive measures are taken, such as easing or even lifting part of the sanctions against the DPRK, it will surely be conducive to this process.
As for what kind of concessions the DPRK and the US should make respectively, it depends on the talks between the DPRK and the US, and the Chinese side cannot get ahead of that. But we believe that the two sides should follow the general direction of mutual respect and accommodation of each other's legitimate concerns.