China is worried tensions in the Korean peninsula could spiral out of control if not dealt with properly, President Hu Jintao told U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday in their first discussion of the situation since North Korea shelled the South nearly two weeks ago.
The White House said Obama, in a telephone call with Hu, urged Beijing to work with the United States and others to "send a clear message to North Korea that its provocations are unacceptable."Later in the day in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hosts talks with her Japanese and South Korean counterparts to discuss the deadly North Korean attack on a South Korean island.China, the chair of stalled international nuclear talks with Pyongyang, is not invited. However, the Washington troika are expected to discuss Beijing's proposal for emergency regional talks on the crisis.
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