South Korea and China to resume North Korea nuclear talks
Asia-Pacific, News February 4, 2015 Comments Off on South Korea and China to resume North Korea nuclear talksSouth Korea’s Foreign Ministry says the country will resume negotiations with China this week on curbing North Korea’s nuclear weapons program.
Special delegates from South Korea and China will meet in Beijing on Wednesday, to discuss restarting multiple-party talks on efforts to denuclearize Pyongyang, South Korea’s Foreign Ministry said.
South Korea’s chief delegate, Hwang Joon-kook, will speak with his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei, and pick up where six-party talks left off more than six years ago, said ministry spokesman Noh Kwang-il.
They will discuss ways to prevent further North Korean nuclear tests and the possibility of “reactivating denuclearization talks,” Noh added.
The last meaningful talks were held between the two Koreas, China, Russia, Japan and the United States in December 2008.
North Korea left the talks the following year, as it conducted a nuclear missile test launch despite warnings from the other nations in the talks.
Pyongyang tested nuclear devices in 2006 and 2009. It has been the subject of UN sanctions over its nuclear and missile tests.
However, Pyongyang has expressed willingness to resume the talks.
The US, Japan and South Korea say the country must first shut down its nuclear program.
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