"Xi Jinping has stressed that China insists on denuclearisation on the Korean Peninsula to firmly safeguard peace and stability on the peninsula and calls for peaceful means to solve problems", according to the CCTV report, summarising the talk between Xi and Trump. He said China would maintain "communication and coordination" with Washington over it.
Chinese President Xi Jinping discussed the situation in North Korea and Syria with US President Donald Trump in a telephone call on Wednesday, China's Foreign Ministry said in a statement. 'Outstanding' relationship The phone call between the leaders of the world's largest economies followed their first face-to-face meeting late last week.
Around 200 foreign journalists are in Pyongyang for North Korea's biggest national day called "Day of the Sun".
Tension on the Korean peninsula escalated after North Korea hinted it could soon conduct a sixth nuclear test or more missile launches.
The heightened exchange of words came as North Korea, which has tested nuclear weapons in the past, has accelerated its ballistic missile testing program in an effort to build an intercontinental nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States.
The USS Carl Vinson strike group, led by a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, has been diverted from Singapore towards the Korean Peninsula, in what Mr Trump has described as an "armada". "We have submarines. Very powerful". "I said, look, you have a tremendous power because of trading through the border".
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President Trump said he is taking action after North Korea's President Kim Jong-un threatened to nuke US war ships.
"If China decides to help, that would be great", he said. "If not, we will solve the problem without them!", he tweeted.
Trump has been repeating the position that his administration will act on its own if China does not show sufficient support to rein in Pyongyang amid continued provocations from the regime.
"If they (the USA and the South) try to ignite the spark of war, we will wipe out all of the invaders without a trace with. our strong pre-emptive nuclear strike", Hwang Pyong-So, director of the political bureau at the North's army, said in a speech. "I think he keeps all options on the table, he keeps his cards close to the vest". North Korea often also marks important anniversaries with tests of its nuclear or missile capabilities in breach of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
The Carl Vinson, a USA aircraft carrier, and several other warships were rerouted from training exercises in Australia towards the Korean Peninsula on Monday.
North Korea has carrying out missile tests with increasing frequency in recent months, despite a ban on its nuclear and missile activity by the UN.
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