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Six-way talks on North Korean nuclear crisis to begin
Seoul, Aug 27: Six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis will be held in Beijing from today, South Korea`s foreign ministry announced.
Seoul, Aug 27: Six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis will be held in Beijing from today, South Korea's foreign ministry announced.
"Six-nation talks involving South Korea, North Korea, United States, Japan, China and Russia will be held from today till August 29 in Beijing.
"The government welcomes the six-party talks and appreciates efforts by all concerned nations to realize the talks." Participants in the meeting will be the United States, China, Japan, Russia and the two Koreas.
"The government hopes the nuclear issue will be resolved peacefully through the six-way talks and will make active efforts for that goal," the ministry said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo-Hyuck is to represent South Korea at the Beijing meeting, to be attended by US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly and Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Bureau. The announcement came amid a series of warm-up talks among diplomats from the six nations to take part in the Beijing meeting.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrived in Seoul yesterday for talks with South Korean officials.
South Korea and China are preparing for six-nation talks on the 10-month-old nuclear crisis.
The nuclear crisis erupted in October, when Kelly used talks in Pyongyang to accuse North Korea of reneging on a 1994 bilateral nuclear freeze accord by setting up a clandestine atomic program based on enriched uranium. Bureau Report
"The government welcomes the six-party talks and appreciates efforts by all concerned nations to realize the talks." Participants in the meeting will be the United States, China, Japan, Russia and the two Koreas.
"The government hopes the nuclear issue will be resolved peacefully through the six-way talks and will make active efforts for that goal," the ministry said.
Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Soo-Hyuck is to represent South Korea at the Beijing meeting, to be attended by US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly and Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Bureau. The announcement came amid a series of warm-up talks among diplomats from the six nations to take part in the Beijing meeting.
Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrived in Seoul yesterday for talks with South Korean officials.
South Korea and China are preparing for six-nation talks on the 10-month-old nuclear crisis.
The nuclear crisis erupted in October, when Kelly used talks in Pyongyang to accuse North Korea of reneging on a 1994 bilateral nuclear freeze accord by setting up a clandestine atomic program based on enriched uranium. Bureau Report