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By P. S. Suryanarayana
SINGAPORE, FEB. 26. Three of the participants in the now-stalled process of six-party parleys on North Korea's nuclear weapons programme today urged Pyongyang to return to this forum. The three — South Korea, Japan and the United States — praised China's "constructive role" in trying to revive the six-way dialogue, as its host, in the new context of North Korea's assertions on February 10 about its having indeed "manufactured" nuclear weapons. Representatives of South Korea, the United States and Japan — Song Min-soon, Christopher Hill and Kenichiro Sasae — met in Seoul today to discuss ways of bringing Pyongyang back the negotiating table following its recent decision to stay away for an "indefinite period" in view of Washington's "hostile policy".
Discuss concerns
Mr. Song, who is also South Korea's Deputy Foreign Minister, said in Seoul, after today's talks, that the three countries urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to resume talking "without delay" and discuss its concerns "directly" with the other five. The appeal follows the DPRK leader, Kim Jong-il's latest message to a Chinese envoy, Wang Jiarui, that Pyongyang was not really opposed to the six-party talks.
Taking note of the moves by the U.S. and its close allies within this multilateral framework, the Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, Kong Quan, expressed the "hope" that the "other parties can cooperate with China and undertake their own responsibilities so as to create conditions for the resumption of the six-party talks".
Mr. Kong said in Beijing that "during [the Chinese] Minister Wang Jiarui's visit [to Pyongyang a few days ago], the DPRK leaders explicitly explained that they never opposed the six-party talks, let alone withdrawing from it".
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