China expects the upcoming second summit between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States to be held smoothly and achieve positive outcomes, a foreign ministry spokesperson said on February 20.

US President Donald Trump (R) gestures as he meets with DPRK's leader Kim
Jong-un (L) at the start of their historic US-DPRK summit, at the Capella
Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore on June 12, 2018. (Source: AFP/Getty Image)
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"It is China's consistent stance that direct contact and
dialogue between the DPRK and the US is key to resolving the Korean Peninsula
issue," spokesperson Geng Shuang said at a daily press briefing, adding
that China always supports the DPRK and the US to resolve the issue through
dialogue and negotiations.
Top DPRK leader Kim Jong-un and US President Donald Trump agreed
to hold their second summit in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27-28.
Geng expressed hope that the summit would inject new impetus to
realizing denuclearization and lasting peace on the peninsula. "China
will continue to make its own efforts and contributions to realizing this
goal," he added.
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