FM spokesman: China enourages DPRK, US bilateral talks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2006-09-26 19:17 BEIJING -- The Chinese
government supports and encourages the United States and the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) to hold direct bilateral talks.
"We hope they, as the major responsible parties, can resolve the relevant
issues through negotiations with flexible and pragmatic attitudes", Foreign
Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said on Tuesday.
Responding to a question on the stalled six-party talks, Qin said China would
continue attempts to maintain a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and the stability
of the peninsula as well as that of the Northeast Asia.
"China will continue to make constructive efforts and we hope the concerned
parties can generate constructive efforts too", Qin said.
The six-party talks, involving China, the DPRK, the United States, the
Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, stalled after the first phase of the fifth
round of talks ended last November.
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