The second plenary session of the third round of six-party talks
on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue was held on Thursday in
Beijing, along with bilateral meetings, sources with the Chinese
Foreign Ministry said.??
During the plenary session, China, Japan and Russia raised their
own proposals and ideas and discussed the detailed plans with other
participants including the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK), the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK).
Wang Yi, head of the Chinese delegation and vice foreign
minister, elaborated China's proposition on the Korean nuclear
issue and its idea on how to kick off the first stage of
action.
The third round of six-party talks has had a sound and stable
start, Wang said, as all sides have reaffirmed the existing
important consensus, "which has become the basis for us to move
forward."
"All sides raised detailed plans or proposals in the talks,
which indicated the political willingness of pushing the talks
toward progress," Wang said.
"All sides treated other counterparts' plans seriously and in a
spirit of looking forward, which represented mutual respect and
equal consultation," he said.
To push forward the peace talks is the common aspiration of the
international community and is in the interest of all sides
concerned, said the official, who hoped all sides would be more
flexible, expand consensus and narrow differences to move the talks
toward solving substantial problems.
Also on Thursday, the participants held bilateral meetings,
sources said. Reports that the US side and the DPRK delegation held
a bilateral meeting on Thursday could not be officially
confirmed.
(Xinhua News Agency June 25, 2004)