China has warned the United States and South Korea against "provoking confrontation" with North Korea.
The comments on Thursday came after President Joe Biden and his South Korean counterpart said North Korea would face the "end" of its leadership if it used its nuclear arsenal.
Biden and Yoon Suk Yeol made clear that if the isolated dictatorship in North Korea attacked the South or the United States, the response would be devastating.
The two sides also agreed that the U.S. security shield for South Korea would be strengthened in the face of the nuclear-armed North's missile tests.
China's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Mao Ning, has now said; "All parties should face up to the crux of the (Korean) peninsula issue and play a constructive role in promoting a peaceful settlement of the issue."
She urged against "deliberately stirring up tensions, provoking confrontation and playing up threats."
"What the U.S. is doing provokes confrontation between camps, undermines the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the strategic interests of other countries," Mao added.
Quadri Adejumo covers World News, Health, Climate & Humanitarian.
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