The United States said on Wednesday that it is hopeful the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will return to the six-party nuclear talks.

"We remain hopeful that North Korea will come back to the six-party talks very soon. It is important that we move forward on the multilateral approach that this administration is pursuing," White House spokesman Scott McClellan said at a news briefing.

McClellan said that the proposal put forward by the United States at the last round of talks should be a "good place" to move forward the six-party talks.

"It's important that, when we come back to the talks, we talk about how we can move forward in a substantive way on that proposal. We believe that was a proposal that addresses all the concerns of the various parties and is a good place to begin moving forward to resolving North Korea's pursuit of nuclear weapons," McClellan said.

The DPRK has signalled that it will return to the six-party talks stalled since June last year.

Three rounds of talks, hosted by China, have been held to try to solve the nuclear confrontation between the DPRK and the United States.

Source: Xinhua