Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, March 09, 2004
FM spokesman: DPRK security concerns key to Korean nuclear issue
A solution to the reasonable security concerns of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was critical to resolving the Korean nuclear issue, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Tuesday.
A solution to the reasonable security concerns of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) was critical to resolving the Korean nuclear issue, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao Tuesday.
Liu said China consistently supported both a nuclear-weapons-free Korean Peninsula, and a settlement of the DPRK's reasonable security concerns, which was critical to the final solution of thenuclear issue.
Organized by China and including the DPRK, the United States, the ROK, Japan and Russia, two rounds of six-party talks on the nuclear issue were held in Beijing in August 2003 and February 2004.
The talks had achieved remarkable progresses and won international attention and support, said Liu.
He added that China hoped all the sides would continue the process with a flexible and practical attitude, and find a solution both in the interests of and acceptable to everyone.