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Friday 1 April 2016
Obama, Xi vow to narrow differences at nuclear summit
President Barack Obama, accompanied by, from left, Secretary of State John Kerry, Vice Presi- build artificial islands and Asian governments — have
dent Joe Biden, and National Security Adviser Susan Rice, speaks during a meeting with Chinese military facilities in the dis- been China’s territory since
President Xi Jinping at the Nuclear Security Summit in Washington, Thursday, March 31, 2016. puted South China Sea. Ja- ancient times and it has the
pan and South Korea are right to defend its territorial
(AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin) similiarly concerned about sovereignty and maritime
China’s military build-up rights, Zhang said.
and assertive actions in the Obama also met Thursday
region’s disputed waters. with French President Fran-
Tensions appear set to in- cois Hollande, amid steep
tensify with an upcoming concerns about terrorism
ruling from an international in Europe following Islamic
tribunal that could chal- State-linked attacks in Paris
lenge the legal basis of and Brussels. The nuclear
some of Beijing’s sweeping security summit continues
territorial claims. The U.S. on Friday with a special ses-
has supported the right of sion focused on preventing
its ally, the Philippines, to IS and other extremists from
submit the case and says obtaining nuclear materials
the ruling should be binding and attacking urban areas.
on both parties, although On Thursday, the U.S. said
China has boycotted the a strengthened nuclear se-
proceedings and says it will curity agreement among
ignore it. nations was finally set to
Xi told Obama that the take force following ratifi-
South China Sea islands — cation by a critical mass of
claimed by several other countries. q
Continued from Front ress on the issue of cyber
security.
Young leader Kim Jong But they were at stark odds
Un has also alienated the in other areas.
North’s traditional bene- According to Zheng, Xi told
factor and main trading Obama that China was
partner, China. The U.S. has “firmly opposed” to the U.S.
long urged Beijing to take a deploying a new missile
more forceful role in press- defense system in South
ing North Korea, and Chi- Korea, saying it was against
nese Vice Foreign Minister China’s national security
Zheng Zeguang said after interests and would the ef-
the Obama-Xi meeting that fect the strategic balance
the two sides agreed the in the region.
new U.N. resolution “should The U.S. and Seoul are con-
be implemented in full and sidering that deployment
in its entirety.” to counter the threat from
The U.S. and China also the North. China contends
released joint statements the system would also give
vowing robust collabora- the U.S. radar coverage
tion to improve nuclear over Chinese territory. Rus-
security and to implement sia opposes it as well.
a global climate change Washington has also op-
deal, and reported prog- posed China’s move to
Police: Suspect in bus station
shooting dead; 3 others hurt
RICHMOND, Virginia (AP) that two troopers were tak-
— A gunman who shot a en to a hospital, but Geller
Virginia state trooper at a later told reporters that only
bus terminal Thursday was one had been hurt.
shot dead by two other of- Brendan Hamilton told The
ficers, police said. Two ci- Richmond Times-Dispatch
vilians were hurt, though it newspaper that he was
was not clear if they had about to walk into the sta-
been shot. tion when he heard two
The trooper’s injuries were loud bangs, then saw
life-threatening, said Virgin- flashes of light. He told the
ia State Police spokeswom- newspaper he then heard
an Corinne Geller. The two at least five more bangs.
civilians were expected to People then started to
survive. Initially, State Police run out of the building, he
had said in a news release said.q
