Xi: France can help to push talks

In phone call with Macron, he urges constructive Korean Peninsula role

President Xi Jinping held a phone talk with a leader of a Western country over the Korean Peninsula issue for the third consecutive day on Friday, speaking with French President Emmanuel Macron.

As a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, France should play a constructive role in alleviating the situation of the Korean Peninsula and restarting talks, Xi told Macron.