Xi calls for resumption of 6-party nuclear talks
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PRESIDENT Xi Jinping has called for a resumption of multilateral nuclear talks with North Korea yesterday and said he opposed any move that would worsen tensions.
North and South Korea averted a full-scale military confrontation last week and reached an agreement to improve ties following a rare exchange of artillery fire over their heavily fortified border.
Xi made his call during a meeting with South Korean President Park Geun-hye in Beijing.
“China has all along upheld the aim of a denuclearized Korean peninsula, the maintaining of the peninsula’s peace and stability and resolving issues via dialogue and consultations,” Xi said, according to China’s foreign ministry.
China believed previous agreements reached during so-called six-party talks with North Korea — which include the United States, Japan, Russia and South Korea — should be fulfilled, along with relevant UN resolutions, he added.
Numerous efforts to restart the talks since they were last held more than six years ago have failed.
China “opposes any actions which may cause tensions” and all sides should work hard to resume talks, Xi said.
Park told Xi she appreciated China’s help in defusing tension with North Korea that had pushed the neighbors to the brink of conflict.
“I appreciate China for playing a constructive role in easing the recent tense situation on the Korean peninsula by closely communicating with us,” Park said at the meeting, according to her office.
Park is on a three-day trip to China to attend its commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Asia, and is due to attend its military parade today.
Park’s sixth summit meeting with Xi highlighted the rapidly growing ties between the Asian neighbors.
China is South Korea’s biggest trading partner and South Korea is one of the few developed countries that runs a surplus with China.
“China and the Republic of Korea are good friends and strong promoters of regional and world peace,” Xi said.
Choe Ryong Hae, secretary of the Central Committee of North Korea’s Workers’ Party, will also attend the military parade.
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