U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry wound up a two-day visit to China on Saturday after Beijing promised to push North Korea to return to stalled talks on ending its nuclear weapons programme, dpa reported. "China could not have been more emphatic or made it more clear that they will not allow a [North Korean] nuclear programme over the long run," Kerry said. Chinese leaders said they were "committed to doing their part" to achieve the denuclearisation of North Korea and "will not allow instability and war to break out in the region," he said following talks with President Xi Jinping, Foreign Minister Wang Yi and other leaders. "But they made it very clear that if the North doesn't comply and come to the table and be serious about talks and stop its programme ... that they're prepared to take additional steps," Kerry said. The US and China each "put some ideas on the table" for how to persuade North Korea to resume talks. "And both of us are taking those under evaluation," he said. Wang said China wanted to resume talks as soon as possible under the six-nation framework, which includes the US, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia. The talks opened in 2003 but have stalled since 2008. "China is serious on this, as shown not only in our words but in our actions," Wang said. -- SPA 15:19 LOCAL TIME 12:19 GMT تغريد
