The Ministry of Foreign Affairs responds to whether China is willing to continue to cooperate with the United States on the North Korean issue

　　China News Service, Beijing, July 24 (Reporter Zhang Su) A US official said that the United States and China can continue to cooperate on the Korean Peninsula issue. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin responded to this at a regular press conference on the 24th.

　　Recently, US Deputy Secretary of State Biegun stated that while the United States and China compete with each other in other areas, they can continue to cooperate on the North Korean issue. In terms of imposing binding sanctions on North Korea and preventing evasion of sanctions, China still has a lot to do, and the United States will continue to engage with China in this regard. A reporter asked how China responded to this.

　　"China pursues an independent foreign policy." Wang Wenbin said that whether it is to develop friendly and cooperative relations between China and the DPRK, or to deal with peninsula affairs and advance the process of political settlement of the peninsula issue, China will act based on its own position and judgment. (Finish)