Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said Tuesday that China
hopes to see all relevant working groups under the six-party talks
mechanism to carry forward their work as scheduled and achieve
tangible results to attain the common goal of denuclearization in
the Korean Peninsula.
Li made the remarks at a press conference held on the sidelines
of the ongoing Fifth Session of the Tenth National People's
Congress (NPC), China's top legislature.
He said the six parties should turn the spirits in the Joint
Document adopted on Sept. 19, 2005, into concrete actions to ensure
a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
The implementation of the document, the development of the
six-party talks, and the denuclearization in the Korean Peninsula,
are of?great importance to the peace and stability in the
Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia, Li said.
China advocates a peaceful solution to the Korean Peninsula
nuclear issue through dialogues, and China is willing to keep close
contacts with all the parties concerned to make new progress in the
talks, Li said.
He noted the progress made in the latest third phase of the
fifth round of six-party talks is a further step to achieve the
goal of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
"Facts have proven that the six-party talks are a practical and
effective means to solve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue," the
minister said.
(Xinhua News Agency March 6, 2007)