Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing meets with U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice in Beijing on Friday. (Xinhua/AFP, File Photo) Photo Gallery >>>

    BEIJING, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing and visiting U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks here Friday morning at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

    "We hope all relevant parties will keep cool-headed, adopt a prudent and responsible attitude and adhere to dialogue," Li told reporters following his one-hour talks with Rice.

    "China would like to work more closely with relevant parties to break the stalemate and resume the stalled Six-Party Talks," Li said.

    Rice said the nuclear test announcement of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was "a serious provocation" and it "poses threat" to international peace and security.