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Common Cause

Obama, Xi Vow to Narrow Differences at Nuclear Summit

President Barack Obama speaks as he meets with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016.
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

M. PENNINGTON WASHINGTON (AP) — In the Korea to give up its nucle- denuclearization of the Ko- to get along. They both
J. LEDERMAN face of mounting threats ar weapons. China also rean Peninsula,” Obama host U.S. forces and are
Associated Press from North Korea, Presi- agreed to implement in full said at the start of his meet- both in range of North Ko-
dent Barack Obama on the latest economic restric- ing with Xi. rean missiles. But their rela-
Thursday urged closer se- tions imposed by the U.N. “China and the U.S. have tions have been plagued
curity ties among its chief Security Council against a responsibility to work to- by historical differences
allies in Asia and increased Pyongyang. gether,” Xi said in his com- that date back to Japan’s
cooperation with strate- More than 50 governments ments made to reporters colonial occupation of Ko-
gic rival China to discour- and international organiza- through an interpreter. As rea in the first half of the
age Pyongyang from fur- tions are attending the two- for their “disputes and dis- 20th century and its mili-
ther advances in nuclear day summit on preventing agreements,” the Chinese tary’s use of sex slaves dur-
weapons. nuclear terrorism — the last leader said the two sides ing World War II.
As world leaders gathered in a series of global meet- could “seek active solu- But those tensions have
for a nuclear security sum- ings Obama has cham- tions through dialogue and eased some. Abe said
mit, Obama first met with pioned on the issue. The consultation.” North Korea nuclear and
Japanese Prime Minister risk posed by the Islamic North Korea’s fourth nucle- missile capability is a “di-
Shinzo Abe and South Ko- State group tops this year’s ar test in January, followed rect and grave threat” to
rean President Park Geun- agenda but concerns by a space a launch in them all.
hye. Together, they warned about North Korea are also February, have heralded “Should it choose to under-
North Korea would face commanding focus. more convergence among take yet another provoca-
even tougher sanctions “Of great importance to often-fractious powers in tion, it is certain to find itself
and more isolation if pro- both of us is North Korea’s East Asia — at least on the facing even tougher sanc-
vokes again with nuclear pursuit of nuclear weap- need to press the govern- tions and isolation,” Park
and missile tests. ons, which threatens the ment of Kim Jong Un to- said of Pyongyang.
Then Obama met Chi- security and stability of the ward disarming.
nese President Xi Jinping region. President Xi and I Japan and South Korea Continued on page 3
and both called for North are both committed to the have persuasive reasons