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Hilde urges China to vigorously implement sanctions on N. Korea
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on China Friday to faithfully implement sanctions on North Korea, imposed by U.N. resolutions, for the North's nuclear and missile tests in the past years. In a speech at the State Department ahead of Chinese President Hu Jintao's visit here early next week, Clinton said, "Until North Korea demonstrates in concrete ways its intention to keep its commitments, China, along with the international community, must vigorously enforce the sanctions adopted by the Security Council last year."
That's done and dusted, then. On to something truly challenging, please.
North Korea will be among major topics when U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Hu for a summit meeting and a state dinner Wednesday, U.S. officials have said, in what is being called the most crucial Sino-U.S. summit in decades due to China's emergence as an economic and military power that will challenge U.S. supremacy.

Other issues high on the agenda include the revaluation of China's yuan currency, human rights, Iran's nuclear ambitions and improving bilateral ties.

"It is vital that we work together with China," Clinton said. "We need to make it clear to North Korea that its recent provocations, including the announced uranium enrichment program, are unacceptable and in violation of not only Security Council resolutions, but North Korea's own commitments in the 2005 joint statement."
Posted by: Steve White 2011-01-15
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