Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi said Tuesday he wanted
the ongoing six-party talks to make progress in denuclearizing the
Korean Peninsula.??
Kim Kye-gwan who headed the North Korean delegation told the
meeting that his country would work together with the other five
parties to realize the denuclearization in the Korean
Peninsula.
Koizumi said he positively valued the remarks, and "We look
forward to progress being made in that direction."
The six-party talks restarted early Tuesday in Beijing after a
13-month-long impasse.
(Xinhua News Agency July 27, 2005)