China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi (R) and French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian attend a joint news conference at Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China November 24, 2017. REUTERS/Jason Lee
BEIJING (Reuters) - China has leverage to persuade North Korea to go back to talks over its nuclear ambitions, French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Friday, after meeting with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.
North Korea's rapid progress in developing nuclear weapons and missiles has fuelled a surge in regional tensions as United Nations-led sanctions appear to have failed to bite deeply enough to change its behaviour.
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