Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing met and gave a dinner in
Beijing Thursday evening for the six delegations who are here to
attend the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula
nuclear issue.??
In his address at the dinner, Li said this round of talks has a
good beginning. Various parties have set forth new proposals and
new ideas, which added originality to the talks.
However, good things never come easy, Li acknowledged. "We need
to resort to our patience, wisdom and creativity to surmount
obstacles, tide over twists and turns in fulfilling our glorious
mission."
Li noted that the people are the most precious in the world, and
what people need the most is peace.
"What we are precisely doing is to tackle thorny problems to
safeguard peace through dialogues, so as to enable people to
jointly create and enjoy amore splendid life in a peaceful and
stable environment," he said.
The Chinese foreign minister said the international community is
now closely following Beijing and the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in
a hope that this round of talks can make progress.
"I am convinced that through the assiduous efforts of the all
parties to the talks, we can gradually get closer to each other and
finally obtain our lofty goal," he said, calling for all
delegations to go on making unremitting efforts to this end. The
third round of six-party talks, which involves China, the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States,
the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan, started here
Wednesday afternoon.
(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2004)