China's stance on Korean nuclear issue expounded
( 2003-08-26 16:54) (Xinhua)
Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing
Tuesday that China maintains that the Korean Peninsula should be nuclear-free.
Meanwhile the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s security concern
should also be solved.
China's Vice
Foreign Minister Wang Yi. [newsphoto/file] |
Wang, who will head a Chinese delegation to the six-party talks on the Korean
nuclear issue, due to begin Wednesday, made the remark in an interview with
Xinhua News Agency.
He noted that only through dialogue and talks can the peninsula's peace and
stability be safeguarded.
Last October when the Korean nuclear tension intensified again, then Chinese
President Jiang Zemin, while meeting with US President George W. Bush at the
Crawford Ranch, Texas, clearly stated China's stance of peacefully resolving the
issue, Wang said, adding the stance represents China's consistent position,
serves the fundamental interests of all parties, and has been welcomed by the
international community and become the common consensus for resolving the issue
at present.
To prepare for the talks, not long ago, Wang visited the DPRK and the United
States, and he also invited Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Losiukov
to visit Beijing.
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