A Foreign Ministry spokesperson indicated yesterday that there
is still no specific date for the resumption of six-party talks on
the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, but "China is working with
other parties on the timetable."
Qin Gang said at Thursday's regular press conference
that?the parties concerned have conducted extensive
consultations and dialogue during the talks' recess after they
failed to resume as scheduled in the week of August 29. But North
Korea agreed to rejoin the talks in the week of September 12.
"These negotiations and dialogue are also an important part of
the six-party talks process and will help increase mutual
understanding," said Qin.
"The date of resuming the talks is not important. What's
important is that all the parties agreed to resume the talks and we
all have kept contact and negotiation in the framework of six-party
talks," said Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei after a recent visit to
North Korea.
(Xinhua News Agency September 2, 2005)