Beijing, Dec 04: China, the host for the North Korean nuclear talks, today claimed to have reached "consensus" in some areas ahead of the second round of the six-party talks and urged the international community to support efforts being made to peacefully resolve the issue. "The Chinese side is holding consultations with parties concerned, especially in the political field. We have reached consensus in some fields and we are striving for creating conditions for the second round of the six-party talks," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said here.
Referring to the second round of the six-party talks, likely between December 17-19, Liu said that china was also negotiating with the concerned parties about the direction of the next round of six-party talks.
"We can see now that we have some common points. We hope we can get the support and understanding of the international community," he said at a ministry briefing.
While noting that there have been reports on the holding of the second round of the six-party talks, he said this indicated the concerns of the international community.
Liu did not comment on any specific dates for the second round of the six-party talks.
On Tuesday, he said the concerned parties have not yet decided on the date but hoped that the talks between the United States, North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan and Russia could be held here "as soon as possible."

The first round of the six-party talks was held here in late August. However, no concrete results was achieved.

Bureau Report