China will work with all parties to resume six-party talks: FM
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China pledged Tuesday to make concerted efforts with all parties to create favorable conditions for the resumption of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu made the remarks when responding to questions concerning the upcoming visit to China by Stephen Bosworth, U.S. special envoy for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Jiang said Bosworth would arrive in Beijing Wednesday to meet with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and hold talks with Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs.
Jiang said the six-party talks and the full implementation of goals set in the Joint Statement issued on Sept. 19, 2005, would be conducive to realizing peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and in the interests of all parties.
The Joint Statement, in which the DPRK promised to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs in return for economic aid, diplomatic recognition and establishment of a permanent peace regime to replace the armistice that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, was reached during the fourth round of the six-party nuclear talks.
The six-party talks involve China, the United States, the Republic of Korea, the DPRK, Japan and Russia. They were launched in 2003, but stalled in April 2009.
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