Full Text: Chairman's Statement of the Six-Party Talks

    SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Xinhua)-- South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said Friday that the latest six-party talks on the nuclear issues was not a failure.

    It is too early to doubt the effectiveness of multinational talks on Pyongyang's nuclear disarmament although nuclear talks failed to break the deadlock, Yu said at a conference with ruling party lawmakers.

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (4th L) takes a group photo with top nuclear negotiators in a fresh round of talks on the denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on Dec. 11, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    "Although it has been slow, the six nations generally agree a considerable amount of progress has been made on Pyongyang's denuclearization," he added.

    The official said the incoming U.S. leader Barack Obama, who will take office in late January, will tackle Pyongyang's denuclearization within the six-party talks framework.

    Seoul will soon convene a meeting to settle the issue of sending the remainder of the promised fuel aid to the DPRK, he said.

    Negotiators from China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, Russia, South Korea and Japan wrapped up a new round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula on Thursday in Beijing.

Korean Peninsula nuclear talks end with chairman's statement

    BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The six parties involved in the Korean Peninsula nuclear talks concluded their latest round of negotiations on Thursday, without registering substantive progress.

    "The parties evaluated progress made towards an agreement on terms for verification," said a chairman's statement issued at the end of the talks. Full story

China urges all parties to show utmost flexibility in Korean nuclear talks

Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (4th L) meets with top nuclear negotiators in a fresh round of talks on the denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, on Dec. 11, 2008.(Xinhua Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    BEIJING, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday hoped all parties involved in the Korean Peninsular nuclear talks could show the utmost flexibility in order to achieve a positive result.

    "We hope all sides remain confident and patient, and show wisdom and the utmost flexibility as a way of achieving a positive result during the meeting," said Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi. Full story

Six parties remain divided on DPRK verification document

    BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Six parties involved in the Korean Peninsula nuclear talks ended a third day of negotiations without making any progress.

    "I can't say there is any breakthrough," Chief U.S. Negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters Wednesday evening. Full story

U.S. indicates to put DPRK back on terrorism list

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- The United States does not rule out the possibilities that putting back the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to the list of state sponsors of terrorism, a senior official said on Wednesday.

    "I suppose these things are always possible," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said at the daily briefing, when asked whether Washington would put back the DPRK to the list of state sponsors of terrorism should Pyongyang takes uncooperative steps on its nuclear program. Full story

Six-party talks focus on verification draft of DPRK nuclear program

    BEIJING, Dec. 10 (Xinhua) -- Chief delegates of the six-party talks kept negotiating here on Wednesday over the draft proposal on how to verify the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) nuclear program after reaching no agreement Tuesday. Full story

DPRK wishes to remove obstacles to progress in fresh six-party talks

    PYONGYANG, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Saturday said it welcomed the reopening of six-party talks in the coming days in Beijing, wishing to resolve issues that hinder the progress of the talks.

    The DPRK believes that the upcoming six-nation talks should have two tasks. One is to "ensure the speed of economic compensation" to the DPRK as promised by the other five parties, and the other is to "achieve common understanding of the issue of verification," said a spokesman of the DPRK Foreign Ministry in a statement. Full story