China's economic aids to DPRK no link with six-party talks, FM spokeswoman

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China's economic aids to DPRK no link with six-party talks, FM spokeswoman

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China's economic assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has nothing to do with what the DPRK wants to achieve in the ongoing six-party talks,said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue Thursday.

"Such point is very clear," Zhang told a regular press conference.

China has for years provided economic aids to the DPRK within its capacity, she said. "All the assistance is aimed to help the people of DPRK to overcome temporary economic difficulties and recover their economy," she said.

China's policy towards the neighboring countries is to build friendly, peaceful and prosperous neighborhood, she said.

Participants to the ongoing six-party talks in Beijing are making efforts to fix their consensus at the talks in a written form, the spokeswoman said. However, the final outcome is "hard to predict".

Various parties began consultations before the talks, Zhang said, adding that whether such a common document can be passed depends on the efforts of the parties.

China has made it clear that the goal of China in the six-party talks is to "maintain a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula."

China hopes the talks "to proceed smoothly, achieve a good result and the dialogue mechanism to continue," she said.

The six-party talks, involving China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, started Wednesday morning and will continue one more day on Friday.

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