UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres expressed hope today over the meeting between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping, saying such steps will help lead towards the peaceful denuclearisation of the Korean Peninsula.
Bracing for an unprecedented meeting with US President Donald Trump, North Korea's reclusive dictator Kim made the secret trip to Beijing to seek Xi's backing while pledging support for denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula.
After a day-long silence, China today acknowledged Kim's visit apparently after his bullet proof green and yellow train, by which he travelled, left China's borders and entered North Korea.
Guterres's deputy spokesman Farhan Haq told reporters here
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