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A10 WORLD NEWS
Saturday 3 december 2016
Xi tells Kissinger China wants ‘stable’ progress with US

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese ment” of political transition. Obama and held a phone ter the Nov. 8 election and Despite Trump’s threats
President Xi Jinping told for- “Overall, we’d like to see conversation with Presi- was expected to offer his to label China a currency
mer U.S. Secretary of State the China-U.S. relationship dent-elect Donald Trump. impressions to Xi and oth- manipulator and impose
Henry Kissinger on Friday move ahead in a stable The 93-year-old Kissinger is er Chinese leaders. In his punishing tariffs on Chinese
that Beijing hopes for “sta- and sustained manner,” Xi a regular visitor to China, opening remarks, Kissinger exports, he’s been seen
ble and sustained” progress said in opening comments where he is deeply respect- thanked Xi for receiving by some Chinese political
in ties with the U.S. follow- at a meeting between ed for laying the ground- him at a busy time and for analysts as preferable to
ing last month’s American the two at the Great Hall work for the normalization Xi’s associates’ explana- Hillary Clinton, who was
presidential election. of the People, the seat of of diplomatic ties between tion of the Chinese leader’s strongly identified with the
Xi said his government is the national legislature in Beijing and Washington in “thinking and the purposes American “pivot” to Asia
closely watching post-elec- the heart of Beijing. Xi also the 1970s. The Republican of your long-range policy.” viewed by Beijing as a
tion developments in the noted that he’d recently Party elder statesman also Reporters were then ush- strategy to hinder its rise to
U.S., and now is a “key mo- met with President Barack met with Trump shortly af- ered out of the room. great power status.q

North Korea rejects UN sanctions, briefs envoys in Pyongyang

the sovereignty of our The new sanctions aim to
country.” slash about one-quarter of
North Korea’s Foreign Min- the North’s total export in-
istry, in a statement issued come.
soon after the sanctions They target its hard cur-
in response to the North’s rency revenues by plac-
nuclear test in September ing a cap on coal exports,
were announced, warned cutting them by at least 62
of tough countermeasures, percent or by an estimated
but didn’t say what they $800 million.
might be. The measures ban North
“Sanctions will inevitably Korea’s exports of non-
escalate tensions,” the min- ferrous metals, sanction
istry said in the statement, 11 government officials as
which was quoted by the well as 10 entities linked to
state-run Korean Central the nuclear program and
News Agency. crack down on Pyong-
Han said North Korea was yang’s access to the inter-
being unfairly singled out national banking system.
by its political adversaries. They even prohibit its ex-
“If a nuclear test is such a port of statues, a source
North Korean soldiers turn and look towards their leader Kim Jong Un from a military vehicle in serious issue, why has the of hard currency mostly
Pyongyang, North Korea. On Friday, Dec. 2, 2016, North Korea says a sweeping new round of U.N. U.N. Security Council never through sales to African na-
sanctions aimed at choking its nuclear program by cutting off as much of a quarter of its foreign imposed sanctions on the tions. And if the North fails
trade revenue is an “abuse of power” and will be met with tough countermeasures. major powers that have to comply with U.N. efforts
(AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) carried out so many nucle- to stop its nuclear and long-
PYONGYANG, North Korea Vice Foreign Minister Han the U.N. Security Coun- ar tests? range missile development
(AP) — North Korea says Song Ryol called a gath- cil resolution on sanctions And how can anyone un- programs, the resolution —
a sweeping new round of ering of foreign diplomats against our country,” Han derstand these sanctions,” for the first time — threat-
U.N. sanctions aimed at in the capital Friday to lay said. “The adoption of the he said. ens to suspend some or all
choking its nuclear pro- out his country’s opposition resolution is another open The Security Council voted of its U.N. privileges.
gram by cutting off as to the sanctions, which are denial of our country’s right on the sanctions Wednes- South Korea and Japan on
much as a quarter of its the harshest to date and to self-defense, which goes day after months of diplo- Friday announced unilat-
foreign trade revenue is an have the support of China, beyond the mandate of matic wrangling over how eral sanctions — which are
“abuse of power” and will North Korea’s primary trad- the U.N. Security Council to respond to the Septem- being renewed in Japan’s
be met with tough counter- ing partner. — this is an abuse of power ber test, the North’s fifth case — in conjunction with
measures. “We categorically reject and an infringement upon and biggest. the U.N. move. q
Philippines President Duterte phones Trump

JIM GOMEZ Go, the Philippine leader is tory call” to Trump from 4,000 suspected drug deal- Asian summit in Laos in Sep-
Associated Press seen smiling while talking to his hometown in southern ers and users dead. tember after Duterte un-
MANILA, Philippines (AP) Trump and saying: “We will Davao city. Duterte, who took office in leashed an expletive-laden
— Philippine President Ro- maintain ... and enhance It was not immediately June, has been antagonis- warning for the U.S. leader
drigo Duterte telephoned the bilateral ties between clear if the touchy topic tic to the U.S., his country’s not to lecture him on hu-
U.S. President-elect Donald our two countries.” of Duterte’s bloody crack- treaty ally, while reaching man rights.
Trump late Friday and had Duterte shuffled and down against illegal drugs out to China and Russia. He During their talk, Trump in-
a brief but “very engaging, looked at some notes dur- came up during the chat. has met Chinese President vited Duterte to visit the
animated conversation” in ing the conversation, which Duterte has lashed out at Xi Jinping twice and Rus- White House next year
which both leaders invited Go said lasted for more outgoing President Barack sian leader Vladimir Putin and Duterte asked the U.S.
each other to visit his coun- than seven minutes. The Obama and the State De- once. president-elect to attend
try. presidential palace earlier partment for raising con- Obama canceled what an East Asian summit to be
In a video released by announced that Duterte cerns over the crackdown, could have been their hosted by the Philippines
Duterte’s close aide, Bong will make a “congratula- which has left more than first formal meeting in an next year.q