China hopes the countries concerned to continue the process of the
Beijing talks on the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK) with a flexible and pragmatic attitude,
said a Foreign Ministry spokesman in Beijing Thursday.
When asked by reporters to comment on the DPRK unclear issue at the
regular press conference, Liu Jianchao said China does not hope
that the process of the Beijing talks would be hindered because of
difference in form, and also does not hope that the goal of making
the Korean Peninsula nuclear-free and maintaining peace and
stability in the peninsula would be affected by difference in
form.
Liu noted that the foreign ministers of China, Japan and the
Republic of Korea (ROK) stated their stances on the DPRK nuclear
issue during their meetings on Tuesday.
Japan and the ROK appreciated Beijing's hosting of the talks on the
issue, and both nations held that the process of the talks would
continue, he added.
At
present, he went on, the international community has a common
objective of realizing the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula
and maintaining the peninsula's peace and stability.
The Beijing talks is a good start for the peaceful settlement of
the DPRK nuclear issue through dialogue, Liu acknowledged.
Meanwhile, the spokesman said the international community generally
hopes this process would go on and that the Chinese side has all
along been in contact with the relevant countries.
(Xinhua News Agency June 19, 2003)