DPRK to abandon nuke plans with conditions (Xinhua) Updated: 2004-06-23 16:32
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) would give up
all its nuclear programs once the United States abandoned its hostile policies
toward the DPRK, said Kim Kye-gwan, DPRK deputy foreign minister and head of
the DPRK delegation, at the opening ceremony of the third round of six-party
talks Wednesday afternoon in Beijing.
Chinese Vice
Foreign Minister Wang Yi, (3rd from L), leads the way to a meeting room
for chief delegates to the six-party talks on the North Korean nuclear
issue at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse on June 23, 2004. From left
are US Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly, South Korean Deputy
Foreign Minister Lee Soo-hyuck, Wang Yi, North Korean Deputy Foreign
Minister Kim Kye Guan, Japanese Chief Delegate Mitoji Yabunaka, and
Russian Ambassador at Large Alexander Alexeyev.
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ROK: determined to solve nuke
issue Lee Soo-Hyuck, head of the Republic of Korea
delegation for the third round of the six-party talks, said here Wednesday at
the opening ceremony of the talks that the ROK side was in a determined mind to
fulfill the task of solving the Korean nuclear issue, calling for the concerned
parties to eliminate distrust and narrow the difference and make progress in
building a nuclear-weapon-free Korean peninsula.
Japan: expects substantial, comprehensive
discussions Japan expects substantial and
comprehensive discussions in the third round of six-party talks, said the
Japanese delegation head Mitoji Yabunaka here Wednesday at the opening ceremony
of the six-party talks.
Russia: Nuke-weapon-free process must proceed within intl law
framework
The nuclear-weapon-free process must proceed within
the international law framework, Alexander Alexeyev, Russian delegation head
said here Wednesday.
Alexander Alexeyev, also special envoy of Russian Foreign Ministry, made the
remarks at the opening ceremony of the third round of six-party talks on the
Korean Peninsula nuclear issue. Enditem
China: 2 topics to be discussed in
talks Chinese delegation head to the six-party talks
and Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi said in Beijing Wednesday that two major
topics, how to realize a nuclear weapon-free KoreanPeninsula and how to make the
first step toward the nuclear weapon-free goal, will be discussed in the third
round of six-party talks.
Wang made the remarks at the opening ceremony of the new round of talks
started Wednesday afternoon in Beijing.
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