North Korea says is willing to return to nuclear talks


  • World
  • Wednesday, 19 Jun 2013

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sits with children during his visit at a machine factory run by Huh Chul-yong in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on June 17, 2013. REUTERS/KCNA

BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea is willing to resolve the dispute over its nuclear programme peacefully through talks, including returning to stalled six-party talks process, China's Foreign Ministry cited a senior North Korean diplomat as saying on Wednesday.

The ministry carried the remarks of First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan, who has represented North Korea at previous international talks to get it to halt its nuclear programme, after his meeting with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Zhang Yesui in Beijing.

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