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Nuke talks 'substantive and constructive'
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-11-11 07:50
The ongoing Six-Party Talks in Beijing, that aim for denuclearization of the
Korean Peninsula, have so far been "substantive and constructive," Foreign
Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said at a regular news briefing.
Yesterday, the second day of the fifth round of talks on the DPRK nuclear
issue, participants tried to thrash out ways to implement a set of principles
they agreed upon in September.
Pyongyang has promised it is ready to give up its nuclear weapons and
programmes in phases on condition that the country is first provided light-water
reactors.
However, the US wants the DPRK to shut its reactors and stop reprocessing
spent fuel into weapons-grade plutonium as the first steps in implementing the
agreement.
The format of future talks was also a major topic in yesterday's discussions.
China is expected to release a chairman's statement before the talks break
for a recess in the next few days.
"We're still planning to end the talks tomorrow," Liu said. "Whether we can
issue a chairman's statement or not depends on reaching a consensus today or
tomorrow," he said yesterday.
It is the fifth time Beijing is hosting the Six-Party Talks, which involve
China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan.
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