U.S. President Donald Trump says that the U.S. and China agree that North Korea cannot just freeze its nuclear weapons program in exchange for concessions and that it must eliminate its arsenal.
 
Trump made the remark on Wednesday in a statement at the White House a day after returning from his 12-day Asia tour.
 
Trump said that Chinese President Xi Jinping and he agreed that they would not accept a so-called "freeze-for-freeze" agreement like those that have consistently failed in the past. 
 
The agreement refers to a proposal, backed by both China and Russia, in which the North would freeze its nuclear program in exchange for the U.S. and South Korea stopping military drills.
 
Trump also said that Xi promised to faithfully implement UN sanction against North Korea and use China's vast economic leverage on the regime to achieve their common goal of a nuclear free Korean Peninsula. 

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