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Biden adviser raises concerns with Chinese diplomat over N Korea

A woman watches a TV broadcasting a news report on North Korea's launch of three missiles, in Seoul, South Korea, May 25, 2022 [File: Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters]

US President Joe Biden’s national security adviser has raised concerns with China’s top diplomat over Beijing’s veto of a United States-led push at the United Nations to impose more sanctions on North Korea, a senior US official said.

During the four-and-a-half-hour meeting between Jake Sullivan and Yang Jiechi in Luxembourg on Monday, the Biden administration conveyed the belief that Beijing and Washington could cooperate on the North Korea issue, the official told reporters during a briefing.

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