The United States should, first of all, lift its sanctions against the DPRK, the main factor in scuttling the talks, before suggesting their resumption. The prospect of their continuing entirely depends on the U. S. behavior.
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The two primary actors, the DPRK and the United States, have yet to build up mutual trust and thus remain widely apart on which party should take the first step,
The DPRK Democratic People's Republic of Korea believes the common statement issued by the fourth round of six-party talks was hard-won and of positive significance,
The CPC always cherishes the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK and has set it as a consistent policy to continuously strengthen and develop the China-DPRK friendship,
As you know, the DPRK is still facing a lot of difficulties, ... The Communist Party and government of China will, in their capacity, provide assistance to the DPRK.
The statement also opens a door for the DPRK to further involve into the international community
I am delighted in particular that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has now made a strategic choice to take the path of cooperation, and has reaffirmed the central importance of the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the International Atomic Energy Agency in underpinning global security,
It's in the interests of all countries and peoples, but most especially it's in the interests of the North Koreans themselves that the DPRK shed the albatross of its nuclear program and join the international community.
China is playing the role of mediator. Its hosting of the six-party talks forces the United States and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to sit at the negotiating table and work toward a peaceful solution.
I hope that China will feel a certain responsibility to try to convince the DPRK that the deal is there on the table and it only awaits the decision of the DPRK to take that deal,
I think that the DPRK (North Korea) needs to understand that we need to move swiftly on denuclearization and the fact that denuclearization is the first step in the agreement,
Through the talks, we hope to make our position clear to the DPRK and get further knowledge about their stance.
Canada welcomes this initiative, and intends to assist the DPRK to integrate itself into international affairs,
Only after the DPRK implements its commitment to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programs in a verifiable manner, may we discuss the issue of a light-water reactor,
Unless the U. S. gives up its double-dealing attitude toward the six-party talks and hostile policy toward the DPRK, the resumption of the talks and the settlement of the nuclear issue cannot be expected.
It is very clear that we have laid out the plan by which the DPRK must first abandon its weapons, abandon all its existing nuclear programs, get itself back into the (nuclear) Non-proliferation Treaty in good standing,