Beijing's efforts over the Korean Peninsula called 'unremitting'

China said that it has been making unremitting efforts on Pyongyang's nuclear issue, in response to a tweet from US President Donald Trump saying Beijing had tried but failed to help resolve it.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said at a daily news briefing that China was not the "focus and the crux" of the issue on the Korean Peninsula.

"In order to resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, China has been making unremitting efforts and we have been playing an important and constructive role," Geng said.