Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday embraced the recent U.S.-North Korea summit as an "important first step" toward resolving the issue of Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal and supported a "gradual" approach to its settlement.He made the comments in talks with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the Chinese capital. It was Xi's first public statement since U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a summit in Singapore on Tuesday.Xi told Pompeo that the latest U.S.-North Korea summit "is an important first step in the process of political resolution of the nucle…READ FULL ARTICLE
