BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- China hopes the
six-party talks would be resumed before the Chinese Lunar New Year in Mid
February, said Chinese State Councilor Tang Jiaxuan Thursday.
"The six-party talks constitute the realistic and
effective way to solving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula," Tang told
the visiting Republic of Korea (ROK) Foreign Minister Song Min-soon.
"Recently the parties concerned have carried out
helpful contacts and reached some consensus," said Tang, adding that China will
work with the ROK to make the talks resume at an early date and strive for some
positive progress.
Chinese Lunar New Year, or Spring Festival, falls on
Feb. 18.
Song, who starts his three-day official visit to
China on Thursday, said that the ROK is engaged in peaceful solution to the
nuclear issue through dialogue and will work closely with host China to make the
talks achieve new progress.
Later in the evening, Chinese Foreign Minister Li
Zhaoxing and Song held official talks at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in
downtown Beijing.
Both sides conferred on bilateral ties and
international and regional issues of common concern, according to the Foreign
Ministry.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said earlier
the situation of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue and the six-party talks are
on the agenda of Song's current China trip. Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao is also
scheduled to meet with him on Friday.
Song's visit, together with a flurry of shuttle
diplomacy among the parties, makes up renewed efforts to restart the six-party
talks, which involve China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK),
the United States, the ROK, Japan and Russia.
All these efforts are of "positive meaning" and lay a
foundation for an early resumption of the six-party talks, Chinese Foreign
Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu told reporters Thursday.
She said China is consulting with relevant parties on
the "specific time" to resume the six-party talks.
Relevant parties have reached some understanding,
Jiang noted, adding that all parties have expressed their will to resume the
six-party talks as soon as possible.
The DPRK said Wednesday the next round of talks aims
to initiate the implementation of an agreement signed in 2005.
Kim Kye-gwan, head of the DPRK delegation, said he
was satisfied with the results of the talks with the United States, Russia,
China and the ROK on how to implement the Sept. 19 agreement.
The DPRK and the United States held one-on-one
contact and had reportedly reached some agreements.
All parties expressed hope for progress on
implementing the September 2005 joint statement, in which the DPRK agreed to
abandon its nuclear program in exchange for economic aid and security
guarantees.
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China works on resumption time of
six-party talks
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokesperson Jiang Yu said on Thursday that China is consulting with relevant
parties on the specific time to resume the six-party talks.
On the speculation of the possible holding of the
financial sanction talks between the United States and the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Chinese capital on Jan. 29, Jiang said China has
no idea of the arrangements of the financial talks.
DPRK: upcoming six-party talks to
focus on implementation of 2005 agreement
PYONGYANG, Jan. 24 (Xinhua) -- The next round of the
six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue aims to initiate the
implementation of an agreement signed in 2005, the chief negotiator of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Wednesday.
"I am satisfied with the results of the talks with
the United States, Russia, China and South Korea on how to implement the Sept.
19 agreement," Kim Gye-gwan, head of the DPRK delegation to the six-party talks,
told Xinhua at Pyongyang's Sun-an Airport.
U.S.-DPRK talks lay "solid basis" for
future six-party talks
WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (Xinhua) -- A senior U.S.
official said here on Monday that last week talks between officials of the
United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have laid
"solid basis" for progress at next six-party talks.
The three-day meeting was "a good round of
consultations," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said at a regular news
briefing.
U.S. diplomat in China to discuss date
for six-party talks
BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- U.S. chief negotiator
Christopher Hill arrived here Sunday to discuss with Chinese officials a
possible date to resume the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear
issue.
According to the U.S. embassy in Beijing, Hill will
meet with his Chinese counterpart, vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, later in the
afternoon, briefing Wu about his meeting in Berlin with top negotiator of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) KimKye Gwan.
Six parties issue chairman's statement
on nuclear issue
BEIJING, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) -- The six-party talks on
the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue recessed on Friday afternoon after issuing a
chairman's statement .
The recess came after five days of negotiations in
Beijing by six delegations, namely, China, the Democratic People's Republic of
Korea (DPRK), the United States, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Russia.
The chairman's statement said the six parties agreed
to implement the joint statement of Sept. 19, 2005 as soon as possible "in a
phased manner."
