Early resumption of six-party talks necessary on Korea nuke problem

TOKYO, May 22 (Itar-Tass) - Chinese premier Wen Jiabao expressed hope
for the earliest resumption of the six-party talks on the nuclear problem
on the Korean Peninsula with the participation of China, the two Koreas,
Russia, the US and Japan.
He expressed this idea on Sunday here by the results of work of the
two-day tripartite summit (Japan-China-South Korea).
The premier pointed at the same time to "the importance of perching up
the dialogue between all participants in the six party negotiation
process". Wen admitted at the same time that "the situation for the
resumption of meetings of the Six still remain fragile".
In turn, South Korean President Lee Myung-bak expressed readiness in
his speech at the final news conference "to work steadfastly in the
interests of denuclearising the DPRK".
Plans of business cooperation between Tokyo, Seoul and Beijing and
several international problems, including the situation in the Korean
Peninsula, were examined at the regular fourth tripartite summit, chaired
by Japanese premier Naoto Kan.
The joint declaration notes that its participants "expressed concern
over the North Korean programme for uranium enrichment and emphasised
importance of a constructive intra-Korean dialogue."