US Says 'No Intention' to Attack DPRK: Chinese Vice FM

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US Says 'No Intention' to Attack DPRK: Chinese Vice FM

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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi told a press conference Friday in Beijing that during the Beijing six-party talks, the United States stressed that the Korean nuclear issue should be resolved through peaceful means.

The United States said that it has no intention to threaten, invade or attack the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), according to Wang, also head of the Chinese delegation to the talks.

The two sides contacted each other during the six-party talks and their meeting lasted about 40 minutes, the Chinese Vice-Foreign told reporters.

He said he believes that the DPRK and the United States have enhanced their understanding through the contact.

The Chinese side has always been working for a peaceful resolution to the nuclear issue, and China's efforts would not yield any result if there is no support from other parties, added Wang.

The six-party talks have been held to make the parties involved have a full, detailed and accurate understanding of each other's positions and thus lay a basis for future talks.

Wang, also head of the Chinese delegation, said this was the first time for the six parties to get together, and only after a full understanding of one another's positions can they work together to seek solutions to the problem.

Specific solutions to the Korean nuclear issue will be left to future talks. Before relevant specific solutions were pursued, the basic direction of how to resolve the issue should be set, the vice-minister said.

Wang said during the three-day talks, all parties expressed and exchanged their views on the Korean nuclear issue, and on the whole they agreed that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States should resolve each other's concerns simultaneously.

According to Wang, all parties attending the talks agreed that in resolving the Korean issue, the concerns of relevant parties should be addressed simultaneously and in good order.

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