BEIJING - China urged on Monday all the countries involved in the six-party talks to "create conditions" for the resumption of dialogue on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

"We are happy to see that there are a new series of positive interactions between the parties concerned with the resumption of the six-party talks," Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said at a forum in Beijing to mark the sixth anniversary of a "milestone" joint statement.

The document was struck by China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Japan, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia, and the United States in 2005 during the Fourth Round of the Six-Party Talks.

In the joint statement, the DPRK committed to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs as the United States affirmed that it had no nuclear weapons on the Korean Peninsula and no intention to attack or invade the DPRK with nuclear or conventional weapons.

The ROK reaffirmed its commitment not to receive or deploy nuclear weapons in accordance with the 1992 Joint Declaration of the Denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, while affirming that there exist no nuclear weapons within its territory.

Yang said that the joint statement is a document guiding the six-party talks and the parties' moves.

Although the talks have been stalled at the end of 2008, there has been strong expression recently for them to resume.

Kim Jong-Il, top leader of the DPRK, said last month that the country was ready to resume the talks without preconditions, saying the DPRK adheres to the goal of denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula and is ready to fully implement the September 19 joint statement along with all sides.

Earlier, officials from the DPRK held meetings with their counterparts from the ROK and the United States respectively on the nuclear issue.

"All the parties concerned should seize these opportunities, maintain the momentum of dialogue, boost mutual trust and improve relations with each other's concerns in mind so as to create conditions for the resumption of the six-party talks," said the Chinese Foreign Minister.

Yang said that the denuclearization on the Korean peninsular and the normalization of relations between countries concerned is a historical process that cannot be completed "overnight."

He said that all the parties should work together to build up confidence in the six-party talks as the mechanism has proved an effective one to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsular and safeguard peace and stability in Northeast Asia.

"We should meet the challenges and difficulties head-on, and show maximum sincerity, wisdom and patience, as well as be highly responsible with regards to history and the fundamental interests of the people in the region," Yang said.

"As a responsible country, China will continue to fully implement its commitments made in the joint statement," he said, adding that the chair nation of the talks will keep playing an active role in advancing the six-party process.

"We support all measures that will help promote dialogue, easing of tension, and peace while opposing all moves that will undermine peace and stability," he added.

"I believe firmly that as long as we all adhere to the spirit of the September 19 joint statement, respect each other, conduct consultations frankly and seek compromise in a forgiving way, the six-party talks will be resumed and will keep going and produce results," Yang said at the opening session of the forum.

Over 20 officials and scholars from the six countries and Australia and Singapore attended Monday's forum, including Wu Dawei, Special Representative of the Chinese government on the Korean Peninsular and Ri Yong Ho, the DPRK's Vice Minister of Ministry of Foreign Affairs.