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China briefs on chairman's statement, working group

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That all sides seek a peaceful solution to the issue, they are ready to take coordinated steps and the third round of talks will be held before the end of June this year are the main messages the chairman's statement wants to convey.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister and Delegation Head Wang Yi Saturday briefed a press conference on the major content of the chairman's statement that has been passed on the second round of six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue.

He said attention should not be put on why the document has come out as a chairman's statement rather than a communique, sincethat is merely an issue of format, and the content is the same.

Wang said the six parties have had in-depth discussions and thedocument has finally come out in the format of a chairman's statement after pooling in the sides' consensus and getting their acknowledgment.

As to the issue of forming a working group, Wang said that is amajor progress of the talks, and China will consult with other five sides through diplomatic channels for an early settlement of the issues of who will sit in the group and its operating mechanism.

China proposes ways for providing security guarantee

China proposes that the security guarantee should be provided within the framework of both bilateral and multi-lateral channels, Wang Yi said.

Wang said at a press briefing following the end of the second round of six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue that the six sides have yet to hold consultation on the form of providing security guarantee, but China hopes the security guarantee would be provided in written form.

Wang Yi said that the six sides attending the second round of talks on the Korean nuclear issue have not reached consensus on the definition and sphere of abolishing nuclear program.

China welcomes consensus between DPRK and Japan

China welcomes any consensus reached between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and Japan, said the Deputy Foreign Minister.

Wang said at the press conference that the DPRK and Japan met on the sidelines of the six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue, and they exchanged views on existing problems.

"China welcomes any consensus reached between the DPRK and Japan, and hopes an early normalization of relations between the two sides can be realized.," Wang said.

The Chinese deputy foreign minister said the specific goal of next round of six-party talks, set to be held in Beijing no later than the end of the second quarter of 2004, has yet to be discussed among the six countries.

He stressed that as the general goal of realizing a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula through peaceful means has been set, the sixparties would work together and find ways to realize it.

Chinese official on DPRK, US positions on six-party talks

WangYi explained Saturday the positions of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States on the six-party talks.

The DPRK further made clear its willingness to abolish its nuclear program, Wang said at a news briefing. So long as the United State drops its hostile policy toward the DPRK, the DPRK iswilling to abandon its nuclear weapon development program.

The United States further elaborated its policy toward the DPRK,reiterating that it has no hostility toward the DPRK and has no intentions of attacking or invading the DPRK or changing its regime, Wang said.

The United States will eventually normalize its relations with the DPRK after the US concerns are addressed, said Wang.

The general concept for "nuclear-free" should be "nuclear-weapon-free", Wang Yi said.

In reply to a reporter's question about the definition of "nuclear-free Korean Peninsula", Wang clarified that there are manynuclear-weapon-free zones in the world, so an accurate concept forthe "nuclear-free Korean Peninsula" should be a "nuclear-weapon-free Korean peninsula".

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