China says all welcome at Silk Road forum after US complains over N Korea

The United States is sending a delegation led by White House adviser Matt Pottinger

China welcomes all countries to a forum this weekend on China’s new Silk Road plan, the foreign ministry said on Saturday, after the United States warned China that North Korea’s attendance could affect other countries’ participation.
 
Two sources with knowledge of the situation said the US embassy in Beijing had submitted a diplomatic note to China’s foreign ministry, saying inviting North Korea sent the wrong message at a time when the world was trying to pressure it over its repeated missile and nuclear tests.
 
The disagreement over North Korea threatens to overshadow China’s most important diplomatic event of