China says 'very firm' with North Korea on nuclear program - Kerry


U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry speaks during the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) - U.S. Ministerial Meeting at the 46th ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Bandar Seri Begawan July 1, 2013. REUTERS/Ahim Rani

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei (Reuters) - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said on Monday China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi assured him that Beijing had been "very firm" with North Korea on its need to end its nuclear program.

North Korea's nuclear program was raised with Wang, and separately in three-way-talks between Kerry and his counterparts from Japan and South Korea, during a 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit in Brunei.

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