By Li Hongmei

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will accept the proposal by China and enter into talks, China's CCTV cited a DPRK envoy as saying, after his meeting with senior Chinese leader Liu Yunshan in Beijing.

Liu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, met in the Great Hall of the People with Choe Ryong Hae, the special envoy to DPRK leader Kim Jong Un Thursday afternoon.

The visit to Beijing by Choe Ryong-hae, a top DPRK military officer, is the most high-level contact between China and the DPRK in about six months.

Choe told Liu Yunshan that Kim Jong Un had sent him to China "to improve, consolidate and develop ties between China and the DPRK".

"The DPRK lauds China's enormous efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Korean peninsula and push for a return to talks and consultations for the problems of the Korean peninsula, and is willing to accept China's suggestion to have talks with all parties," Choe told Liu Yunshan, according to the CCTV report.

Liu told the DPRK envoy that "peace and stability on the Korean peninsula accords with the interests of all countries in the region".

"We hope that all sides uphold the aim of denuclearizing the Korean peninsula, maintain peace and stability and the using of dialogue and consultation to resolve problems, take practical steps to ameliorate the tense situation ... to restart six party talks as soon as possible and work hard for long-lasting peace and stability in northeast Asia and on the Korean peninsula," Liu was cited as saying.