FM spokeswoman: DPRK's stand on six-party talks remains unchanged

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will adhere to the goal of nuclear weapon free and still wants to settle the issue through the six-party talks, said a Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tuesday.

The opinion of the DPRK side was learned by Ning Fukui, Chinese ambassador on the Korean Peninsula affairs, who visited the country last week, said spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue.

The DPRK side hoped the new round of six-party talks would make substantive achievements, Zhang said.

From Nov. 24 to 26, Ambassador Ning visited the DPRK and had talks with DPRK Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan and Deputy Director of American Affairs for the DPRK's Foreign Ministry Ri Gun on further promoting the six-party talks process.

The DPRK side maintained that it was important and necessary to restart the six-party talks, and was willing to make preparations and efforts for it. As for the time for the new round of talks, the DPRK side still needed to see how the policy of the new US government toward the DPRK would change, Zhang said.

As for the decision made by the New York-based Korean Peninsula Energy Development Organization on Nov. 26 that the plan to build a light water reactor in the DPRK be frozen for another year, Zhang said Ambassador Ning hoped the decision would not affect the process of the six-party talks, and all relevant parties could work vigorously for the resolution of the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsular through dialogue.

The Chinese side did not stop its efforts to promote the six-party talks process and hoped all parties concerned could demonstrate sincerity and flexibility for an early opening of the new round of talks, Zhang said.