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WORLD NEWS Tuesday 18 June 2019

State media say Chinese President Xi to visit North Korea

By YANAN WANG suading Moscow to loosen Zhang Lifan said the aim
Associated Press its implementation of the of Xi’s trip is likely not to
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese international sanctions make any breakthroughs,
President Xi Jinping will against North Korea. but rather to remind other
make a state visit to North Last month, North Korea countries of China’s unique
Korea this week, state me- fired short-range missiles position.
dia announced Monday, and other weapons into Zhang said Beijing may be
as U.S. talks with North Ko- the sea in an apparent ef- seeking to gain leverage
rea on its nuclear program fort to apply pressure on ahead of a G-20 summit in
are at an apparent stand- the U.S. Japan later this month and
still. KCNA reported in April that reassert itself as a global
Xi will meet with North Ko- Kim said he will give the U.S. player amid growing con-
rean leader Kim Jong Un “till the end of the year” to cerns over its economy.
during the visit on Thursday reach out with further pro- “North Korea is a card for
and Friday, Chinese state posals. China to play,” Zhang said.
broadcaster CCTV said. It In this June 19, 2018, file photo released by China’s Xinhua Since taking office in 2012, “China may want to show
said the trip will be the first News Agency, Chinese President Xi Jinping, right, poses with Xi has met with Kim four off its relationship with North
by a Chinese president in North Korean leader Kim Jong Un for a photo during a welcome times in China. The meet- Korea and demonstrate its
14 years. ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. ings were timed in proxim- importance to U.S.-North
North Korea’s official Ko- Associated Press ity to Kim’s meetings with Korean relations.”
rean Central News Agency sula. ar complex, a partial dis- Trump and South Korean South Korea’s presidential
also announced the visit, The visit comes as nego- armament step. Since the President Moon Jae-in, office said it hopes Xi’s visit
but provided no further de- tiations between the U.S. summit’s breakdown, no highlighting Beijing’s role to North Korea will contrib-
tails. and North Korea appear to major contacts between as a key player in the nu- ute to a swift resumption of
The visit coincides with the have reached an impasse. the U.S. and North Korea clear standoff. Beijing has negotiations to resolve the
70th anniversary of the es- A summit in Vietnam in Feb- have been announced. long advocated a “dual nuclear standoff. It said it
tablishment of diplomatic ruary between Kim and Kim traveled to the Russian suspension” approach in has been engaging in dis-
relations between China President Donald Trump Far East in April for a meet- which North Korea would cussions with Beijing over
and North Korea, CCTV failed after the U.S. reject- ing with Russian President halt its nuclear and missile the possibility of a visit by Xi,
said. The broadcaster ed North Korea’s request Vladimir Putin. The move activities while the U.S. and which it views as a positive
added the leaders will ex- for extensive relief from U.N. was viewed as aimed at South Korea cease large- development in efforts to
change views on the situ- sanctions in exchange for strengthening his leverage scale joint military exercises. peacefully resolve the pen-
ation on the Korean Penin- dismantling its main nucle- over Washington and per- Chinese political scholar insula’s issues.q

Kenya patient free of Ebola, as Congo, Uganda fight outbreak

By TOM ODULA ries on the 36-year-old lady ances that all appropriate
Associated Press currently admitted in the measures had been taken
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — Ke- isolation unit of the Kericho to prevent the spread of
nya remains free from Ebo- County Referral hospital Ebola.
la as test results show that a have been confirmed to be “Precautionary measures
sick woman does not have negative for the Ebola virus have been put in place
the deadly hemorrhagic disease and other hemor- including isolation of the
fever, while neighboring rhagic fevers,” Kariuki said patient,” said Kariuki, while
Uganda and Congo battle in a statement. touring the Nairobi interna-
a stubborn outbreak of the The woman showed some tional airport to see how
disease. symptoms of Ebola after arriving passengers are
Kenya’s Health Minister travelling from Malaba on screened for symptoms of
Sicily Kariuki Monday an- the Kenya-Uganda border, fever.
nounced that a patient iso- sparking fears that Con- Kenya’s health minister Sicily Kariuki speaks to the media about The two victims in Uganda
lated at the Kericho Coun- go’s current outbreak had measures the government is taking to prevent Ebola, at the were part of a Congolese-
ty Referral Hospital does spread to Kenya. The out- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya Monday, Ugandan family who are
not have Ebola. break in eastern Congo has June 17, 2019. believed to have contract-
“The results of tests carried killed more than 1,400 peo- Associated Press ed the disease at a funeral
out by the Kenya Medical ple since August and last boring Uganda where two Kenya’s health minister in Congo that was attend-
Research Institute laborato- week it spread to neigh- people died. had earlier given assur- ed by dozens of people. q