China reiterated on Thursday its suspension-for-suspension proposal, saying it is the most feasible option for the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue under the current situation.
"Not only can it help ease the present tensions, it can also address the most urgent security concerns of all parties, provide opportunities for resuming talks and find a way out of the predicament," Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily news conference in Beijing.
The proposal, which was backed by China and Russia in a joint statement issued in July, calls for Pyongyang to halt its nuclear and ballistic missile tests while Washington and Seoul halt their large-scale joint military exercises.
In a statement about his trip to Asia, US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that China and the US agreed not to accept a "freeze-for-freeze" agreement－or the suspension-for-suspension proposal－over the issue.