China tells NK leader it will push for talks
July 27, 2013, Saturday
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China's Vice President Li Yuanchao has told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing will push for talks on ridding the Korean Peninsula of nuclear weapons.
Li was leading a delegation to Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
Li is a member of China's 25-member Politburo, and the talks are the highest-level contact between China and North Korea since Kim assumed power on the death of his father Kim Jong Il in 2011.
Li conveyed a "verbal message" from Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kim during the meeting on Thursday, China's foreign ministry said yesterday. "As a close neighbor of the Korean Peninsula, China will persist in the denuclearization of the peninsula, adhere to safeguarding peace and stability on the peninsula and persist in using dialogue and consultation to resolve the problem," Li was quoted as telling Kim.
Li said China was willing to work with all concerned parties to promote six-party talks and was "committed to pushing for the process of denuclearization."
The talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China, collapsed in 2008.
Kim told Li North Korea "supports China's efforts to resume the six-party talks."
Visiting the graves of Chinese soldiers, Li praised their sacrifice in "defending peace and protecting justice," Xinhua news agency reported.
"The reason we are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War is to look forward to the future, to better maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and seek regional prosperity and development," Li said.
Li was leading a delegation to Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
Li is a member of China's 25-member Politburo, and the talks are the highest-level contact between China and North Korea since Kim assumed power on the death of his father Kim Jong Il in 2011.
Li conveyed a "verbal message" from Chinese President Xi Jinping to Kim during the meeting on Thursday, China's foreign ministry said yesterday. "As a close neighbor of the Korean Peninsula, China will persist in the denuclearization of the peninsula, adhere to safeguarding peace and stability on the peninsula and persist in using dialogue and consultation to resolve the problem," Li was quoted as telling Kim.
Li said China was willing to work with all concerned parties to promote six-party talks and was "committed to pushing for the process of denuclearization."
The talks, involving the two Koreas, the United States, Japan, Russia and host China, collapsed in 2008.
Kim told Li North Korea "supports China's efforts to resume the six-party talks."
Visiting the graves of Chinese soldiers, Li praised their sacrifice in "defending peace and protecting justice," Xinhua news agency reported.
"The reason we are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War is to look forward to the future, to better maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and seek regional prosperity and development," Li said.
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