Anchor: U.S. President Donald Trump announced that he and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to reject the so-called "freeze-for-freeze" deal, in which North Korea would freeze its nuclear program in exchange for the U.S. and South Korea stopping military drills. But Beijing refuted the remarks. 
Kim In-kyung has more. 
 
Report: U.S. President Donald Trump announced in a White House briefing Wednesday that Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed to reject the so-called freeze-for-freeze deal. 
 
The proposal, backed by both China and Russia, envisions suspending joint military drills between South Korea and the U.S. in exchange for North Korea halting its nuclear and missile tests.
 
But in Beijing, the Foreign Ministry promptly refuted Trump's remarks, saying that China believes the arrangement is the most reasonable and feasible solution to the North's nuclear issue. 

China's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Geng Shuang said in a regular news briefing Thursday that everyone knows China has a clear and consistent stance regarding the North's nuclear issue. 

Recapping a 12-day tour of Asia, Trump said that Xi understands a nuclear North Korea is a grave threat to China. 
 
[Sound bite: U.S. President Donald Trump]
"During our visit, President Xi pledged to faithfully implement United Nations Security Council resolutions on North Korea and to use his great economic influence over the regime to achieve our common goal of a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. President Xi recognizes that a nuclear North Korea is a grave threat to China and we agree that we would not accept a so-called freeze for freeze agreement like those that have consistently failed in the past." 
 
Geng said that a freeze-for-freeze deal would be a first step in creating the conditions to resume peaceful dialogue and not an end. He said China hopes each country actively considers Beijing's suggestion and that they will propose methods to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. 

China and Russia have been consistently demanding the two Koreas as well as the U.S. and Japan to accept the proposal as a solution to the North's nuclear program. 
Kim In-kyung, KBS World Radio News. 

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