US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Thursday he will seek China’s help in persuading North Korea to sit down for talks after Pyongyang’s slew of missile tests ratcheted up tensions.
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“We’ve said very clearly — and it remains the case — that we’re open to diplomacy without any preconditions. We remain committed to seeing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula,” Blinken told a news conference. Blinken, however, stressed that the United States would “strongly enforce” sanctions on North Korea and work closely with allies Japan and South Korea on “defending against any aggression.”
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