China HITS OUT at Trump after President’s criticism over North Korea missile reaction
CHINA hit back at Donald Trump after the US President tweeted he was "very disappointed" in Beijing’s reaction to Pyongyang's latest missile test.
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump have clashed heads over North Korea
Mr Trump was highly critical of past presidents, accusing them of allowing the country to “make hundreds of billions of dollars a year in trade yet they do nothing for us with North Korea”.
He added: “We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem!”
But Beijing retorted that the problem did not arise in China and that all sides need to work together to find a solution.
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The hermit state has conducted another successful missile test
Xi Jinping and Donald Trump pictured together at the G20 summit earlier this month
China is North Korea's closest ally, but Beijing has expressed its anger over despot Kim Jong-Un’s continued nuclear and missile tests.
And the eastern bloc has also become increasingly frustrated with American and Japanese criticism that it should do more to rein in the tyrants.
The hermit state said on Saturday it had conducted another successful test of an intercontinental ballistic missile.
Donald Trump has been fiercely critical of China
Mr Trump said he was he was "very disappointed" in China
And state media claimed the launched now proved Pyongyang could strike the US mainland, drawing a sharp warning from Donald Trump and a rebuke from Beijing.
Mr Tump wrote on Twitter on Saturday after the missile test that he was "very disappointed" in China for doing "nothing" for the United States with regards to North Korea, something he would not allow to continue.
In a statement responding to Trump's tweets, China's foreign ministry said the North Korean nuclear issue did not arise because of China and that everyone needed to work together to seek a resolution.
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We will no longer allow this to continue. China could easily solve this problem
The ministry said: “All parties should have a correct understanding of this.”
Beijing also claimed the international community widely recognises China's efforts to seek a resolution.
The comments come after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe spoke with Mr Trump on Monday and agreed on the need for more action.
Donald Trump said he would react to North Korea
A White House statement after the phone call said the two leaders "agreed that North Korea poses a grave and growing direct threat to the United States, Japan, the Republic of Korea, and other countries near and far".
It said Trump "reaffirmed our ironclad commitment" to defend Japan and South Korea from any attack, "using the full range of United States capabilities".