Washington wants Beijing to tighten sanctions on Pyongyang and urge North Korea to be more willing to negotiate with the United States.

The information was presented by Randall Schiriver, assistant secretary of defense, in charge of Indian and Pacific security issues at a conference in Washington on October 15. Schiriver said there was a "steep slide" in Beijing's enforcement of sanctions on Pyongyang, especially the control of the movement of prohibited goods from ships to ships on Chinese-controlled waters. .

"We want them to do better. At least enforce sanctions," Schiriver said. "But I think there are other ways China can help increase the pressure on North Korea to participate in more constructive talks if it still wants to continue. We have not seen this yet."

Schiriver also mentioned US efforts to resume nuclear talks with North Korea.

Responding to Schiriver's calls, China's Foreign Ministry said today it had always fulfilled obligations related to the UN Security Council's North Korean resolutions.

"China has consistently taken seriously its duties in the resolutions relating to North Korea," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Canh Shuang said today at a regular news conference.

Canh said that the denuclearization talks in North Korea were at a critical time, and hoped that the stakeholders would continue to maintain what was achieved in the context of tensions, as well as find motivation. in dialogue.

Earlier this month, the United States and North Korea resumed their first working-level talks since the second US-North Korea summit ended in February without reaching an agreement. However, Pyongyang accuses Washington of being inflexible and has no plans to attend the next talks. Meanwhile, Beijing is known as Pyongyang's long-standing ally.