Chinese official visits DPRK in preparation for six-way talks

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Chinese official visits DPRK in preparation for six-way talks

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Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi began a two-day visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday to exchange opinions on holding the next round of six-way talks on the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

Wang Yi talked with DPRK Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs KimKye Gwan and met with the country's First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Kang Sok Ju, and Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Chung Il.

During the meeting, the two sides expressed the will to make appropriate preparations for holding the next round of talks in a bid to convene the meeting early next year and continue the process of peaceful settlement of the nuclear issue through dialogue.

Both sides agreed that the next round of six-way talks was of great importance in solving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula.

Wang said China attaches importance to the DPRK stand, which targets abandoning its nuclear programs, and the country's reasonable concerns should be addressed.

The nuclear issue should be settled with concerted steps, mutual respect and equal negotiation, Wang added.

The six-party talks, attended by China, the DPRK, Japan, Russia,South Korea and the United States, is a mechanism set to solve thenuclear issue.

The six parties concluded the first round of meeting in Beijingat the end of August. It was the first time that all the involved countries had sat around a table together to discuss a solution tothe nuclear standoff since the issue surfaced late last year.

Although no important breakthrough was made in the first round of the talks, all the participants agreed to continue the multilateral negotiation with next round of talks.

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