China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi met US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Friday on the sidelines of G20 meeting in German city of Bonn, a first high level meeting between the two countries since U.S President Donald Trump assumed the office last month.    

The chances of such a meeting appeared dim in the wake of Trump administration's recent jibe against China over 'One China Policy'. However, Trump's conciliatory call to Chinese President Xi Jingping last week appears to have been good enough to prompt Wang to agree for this unlikely meeting.  

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Both ministers discussed host of critical issues, but reports indicate that Tillerson repeatedly evoke the North Korea issue and made it the main topic of the high profile meeting. Expectedly, he once again urged his Chinese counterpart to do more to rein on North Korea's controversial missile program.

Ahead of the meeting, Tillerson vowed to use all the available military arsenals including nuclear missiles to defend South Korea and Japan against North Korea. He, however, did not spoke specifically about the deployment of THAAD anti-missile system, which is likely to be deployed near the North Korean border in coming months.

China, which is Pyongyang's only ally, is once again facing the heat from the U.S and allies, after its communist neighbour tested fired another ballistic missile this week. However, Beijing has tried to shrug off these pressure tactics by claiming that there are limitations on how much pressure it can exert on North Korea.

Frustrated by China's efforts, Trump had accused that China of not doing enough on North Korea issue. This serious allegation, however, was levelled before Trump assumed the office and much before his last week's conciliatory call to Xi. 

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