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		</div><p>Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for restraint when dealing with North Korea during a telephone call with President Donald Trump, Chinese state media has reported amid speculation that Pyongyang could soon carry out a sixth nuclear test.</p>
<p>The official broadcaster CCTV quoted Mr Xi as telling Mr Trump that China strongly opposes North Korea&#8217;s nuclear weapons programme, which is in violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions, and hopes &#8220;all parties will exercise restraint and avoid aggravating the situation&#8221; on the Korean Peninsula.</p>
<p>The Trump administration has warned that all options, including a military strike, are on the table to halt North Korea&#8217;s ambitions of developing a nuclear-tipped missile that could reach the US mainland.</p>
<p>However, US officials have told the Associated Press that a military response is unlikely. Mr Trump has reportedly settled on a strategy which emphasises increasing pressure on Pyongyang with the help of China. &#8220;Only if all sides bear the responsibilities they&#8217;re supposed to bear and come together, can the nuclear issue on the peninsula be resolved as quickly as possible,&#8221; Mr Xi told Mr Trump, according to CCTV.</p>
<p>The phone call, which took place on Monday morning Beijing time, came as South Korean officials warned there is a chance that the North will conduct a nuclear test or a maiden intercontinental missile launch around the founding anniversary of its military on Tuesday.</p>
<p>Mr Trump has pressed Mr Xi to exert greater pressure against North Korea, given China&#8217;s status as the country&#8217;s sole economic lifeline and major ally. Monday&#8217;s call is the second time that the two leaders have spoken by telephone since meeting in Florida earlier this month.</p>
<p>In a interview at the Oval Office on Friday, Mr Trump told AP that he declined to label China a currency manipulator mostly because he needed Mr Xi&#8217;s help with the North Korean crisis. &#8220;They are working with us on North Korea. Now maybe that&#8217;ll work out or maybe it won&#8217;t,&#8221; Mr Trump said, adding that he had a &#8220;great relationship&#8221; with the Chinese president.</p>
<p>Mr Trump also spoke with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Monday, and they agreed to urge North Korea to refrain from what Mr Abe called provocative actions.</p>
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