Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi on Thursday held a telephone
conversation with his South Korean counterpart Song Min-soon on the
six-party talks.
Positive progress has been made in the resolution of a banking
dispute involving funds of North Korea, thanks to efforts of all
the parties concerned, Yang said.
North Korea has already sent an invitation to the International
Atomic Energy Agency to visit the country, he noted.
China hopes that all the relevant parties would continue to
adopt positive measures to honor their commitments and create a
favorable environment for implementing the initial steps.
In a joint document signed on February 13, the six parties
agreed to a 60-day deadline to implement a series of initial
steps.
Yang said China will continue to make unremitting efforts to
push forward the process of the six-party talks and the
denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.
Song said South Korea is ready to work with other parties to the
talks for early implementation of the initial steps.
(Xinhua News Agency June 22, 2007)
