China hoped the current tension related to the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) could be eased through dialogue so as to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, a Foreign Ministry spokesman said Saturday.
Spokesman Liu Jianchao, when asked to comment on the current situation of the DPRK nuclear issue, said China was deeply concerned with the current development of the issue.
China considered the 1994 Agreed Framework was conducive to the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, he said, adding that all parties concerned shouldered the responsibility to maintain and abide by the agreement, Liu said.
(Xinhua News Agency December 30, 2002)
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