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Wen urges N. Korea to resume nuke talks
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September 27, 2011, Tuesday
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CHINESE Premier Wen Jiabao called on North Korea yesterday to return to international talks about its nuclear program.
"China hopes that all sides remain in contact and in talks and improve relations so as to resume six-party talks at an early date," state television paraphrased Wen as telling his North Korean counterpart Choe Yong Rim.
"This is beneficial for peace and stability on the peninsula and long-term stability in northeast Asia," Wen added, during a meeting with Choe at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
Envoys from the two Koreas met in Beijing last week for their second meeting in two months, amid a thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula after relations nose-dived last year to the lowest level in nearly two decades.
But the two failed to bridge differences over the starting point for a new round of the six-party talks, which also involve China, the United States, Japan and Russia.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said last month during visits to Russia and China that he was willing to return to nuclear talks without preconditions and that he was committed to the aim of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Choe repeated that pledge to Wen.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said yesterday that Choe would also visit Shanghai and the eastern province of Jiangsu. The visit will further promote "friendly relations and cooperation" between the countries, Hong said.
"China hopes that all sides remain in contact and in talks and improve relations so as to resume six-party talks at an early date," state television paraphrased Wen as telling his North Korean counterpart Choe Yong Rim.
"This is beneficial for peace and stability on the peninsula and long-term stability in northeast Asia," Wen added, during a meeting with Choe at Beijing's Great Hall of the People.
Envoys from the two Koreas met in Beijing last week for their second meeting in two months, amid a thaw in tensions on the divided peninsula after relations nose-dived last year to the lowest level in nearly two decades.
But the two failed to bridge differences over the starting point for a new round of the six-party talks, which also involve China, the United States, Japan and Russia.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said last month during visits to Russia and China that he was willing to return to nuclear talks without preconditions and that he was committed to the aim of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
Choe repeated that pledge to Wen.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said yesterday that Choe would also visit Shanghai and the eastern province of Jiangsu. The visit will further promote "friendly relations and cooperation" between the countries, Hong said.
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