Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Thursday, August 14, 2003
Chinese FM: Six-party Talks to be Held in Beijing on Aug. 27
After consultations, it's decided by China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan that the six-party talks will be held in Beijing on Aug. 27 and the meeting is scheduled to last for three days, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Thursday.
After consultations, it's decided by China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan that the six-party talks will be held in Beijing on Aug. 27 and the meeting is scheduled to last for three days, said Chinese Foreign Ministry Thursday.
The DPRK earlier this month accepted multilateral format to discuss the nuclear issue which was believed different from its previous stance that the nuclear issue can only be talked between the United States and the DPRK.
The DPRK, the United States and China had held tripartite nuclear talks in Beijing in April.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing held talks with his South Korean counterpart Yoon Young-kwan Wednesday and exchanged views on the envisioned Beijing multilateral talks aiming to solve the DPRK nuclear issue.
Li Zhaoxing informed Yoon on the preparations of the talks and the development of the coordination between China and other involved countries. "As host of the multilateral talks, China willtry hard to make the meeting successful," said Li.
"The Six-party talks is the continuance of the April tripartite nuclear talks, which shows the dialogue over the nuclear issue is walking forward," said Li. The DPRK, the United States and China had a trilateral talks in Beijing to discuss nuclear issue in April.
Li also pointed out the progress of the multilateral talks willaffect the peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, "So China hopes all the parties involved in the talks attend the meeting with sincerity, and hopes ROK will play an active role," added Li
Yoon said South Korea evaluated high of the multilateral talks,and expressed his thanks to China for what it has done to procure the meeting.
"Seoul is willing to strengthen coordination and cooperation with Beijing, make joint efforts and overcome difficulties, thus to push the dialogue forward," said Yoon.
The two diplomats agreed in Wednesday's meeting that the six-party talks should discuss the issues of realizing nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and solving the security concern of the DPRK.