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DPRK's suspension of nuclear activities "modest first step": Clinton
DPRK agrees to suspend nuclear activities
Pyongyang's agreement to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for nutrition aid from the United States sends a positive signal, but difficulties in solving nuclear issues on Korean Peninsula remain, analysts say.
Through the agreement, both the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea expressed a sound willingness to improve bilateral ties, said Wang Junsheng, an expert on Asia-Pacific studies with the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences.
China welcomed the improvement of Washington-Pyongyang ties and their contribution to maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Thursday.
"China appreciates that the US and the DPRK reaffirmed to implement the 9/19 Joint Statement, and would take positive measures related," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Hong Lei.
"China is willing to work with relevant parties to continue to push forward the Six-Party Talks process, and play a constructive role to realize long-term peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia."
DPRK's suspension of nuclear activities "modest first step": Clinton
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Wednesday that the agreement of Democratic People' s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to suspend its nuclear activities was a "modest first step."
DPRK agrees to suspend nuclear activities
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Wednesday it would suspend nuclear tests, long-range missile launches, and uranium enrichment activity as agreed with the United States in recent bilateral talks.
US-DPRK talks in Beijing 'substantive'
US Special Representative for Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Policy Glyn Davies said Thursday that US-DPRK talks in Beijing were "serious and substantive."
US 'cautiously optimistic' about talks with DPRK
The United States on Wednesday expressed cautious optimism about talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) scheduled to resume the next day in Beijing.
U.S. DPRK envoys to hold talks in Beijing
Envoys from the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will hold talks for the resumption of the long-stalled six-party talks in the Chinese capital of Beijing next week, in their first such contact following the death of former DPRK leader Kim Jong Il, U.S. State Department announced on Monday.
