All concerned parties should hold the working meeting on the
Korean Peninsula nuclear issue as soon as possible in line with the
consensus reached in the third round of six-party talks, said
Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi Friday.
Wang made the remarks in a meeting with Joseph R. DeTrani, a US
State Department special envoy for Korean affairs, who was visiting
China for working consultations.
During the third round of six-party talks last June, all
concerned parties, involving China, the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia
and Japan, authorized the working group to convene at the earliest
possible date.
The third round of talks achieved positive progresses, Wang
said, adding that the working group meeting should be staged soon,
and all relevant sides should hold in-depth discussions on such
specific issues as how to implement the first stage of nuclear
abandonment, so as to take practical steps as soon as possible
towards denuclearization.
Ning Fukui, ambassador on Korean Peninsula affairs of the
Chinese Foreign Ministry, held working consultations with DeTrani
previously, and the two sides exchanged in-depth views on current
issues.
(Xinhua News Agency July 30, 2004)