Xi pushes for third Trump-Kim summit

North Korea says US needs to present 'proper counterproposal' for talks to resume

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping on June 27 met for the first time since November's Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit. (Photos via Reuters/Kyodo)

YOSUKE ONCHI, Nikkei staff writer

OSAKA -- China is in favor of another U.S.-North Korea summit to work toward denuclearization, President Xi Jinping told South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in in a meeting here Thursday, on the eve of the Group of 20 summit.

Their meeting comes a week after Xi visited Pyongyang and met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.

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