Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has urged China to "use all available tools" to rein in North Korea during the first foreign ministerial talks held between the two sides since Donald Trump took office.
 
During the meeting, Tillerson called for stronger Chinese influence to restrain the North's provocations. 
 
According to U.S. State Department acting spokesman Mark Toner, the secretary met Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi for the first time on the sidelines of the Group of 20 foreign ministers' meeting held in the German city of Bonn on Friday.
 
Toner said that during the one-on-one, Secretary Tillerson "highlighted the increasing threat posed by North Korea's nuclear and missile programs and urged China to use all available tools to moderate North Korea's destabilizing behavior." 
 
His remarks are in line with the comments from Thursday's foreign minister meetings between South Korea and Japan, and between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan where it was agreed to try to increase China's influence over North Korea.

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