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Chinese Diplomat Visits Washington to Push North Korea Talks
A senior Chinese Foreign Ministry official met with top U.S. diplomats yesterday in Washington to discuss the prospect of restarting six-nation talks on the North Korean nuclear standoff, CNN.com reported (see GSN, Jan. 13). Previous talks to defuse the crisis have included China, Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea and the United States. Yesterday’s talks were “useful” and China is looking to restart the nuclear negotiations “as soon as possible,” said Fu Ying, China’s director general for Asian affairs at the Foreign Ministry. “We look forward to fruitful discussions at the next round of six-party talks in the spirit of mutual respect and consultations on equal footing,” she added. In Washington, Fu met with U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage and Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly. A senior U.S. State Department official said, however, that the round of multilateral talks are not imminent. “I don’t sense a breakthrough ready to be announced,” the official said. “I don’t think she’s here bringing a message from the North Koreans that we are ready to go,” the official added (Elise Labott, CNN.com, Jan. 13).
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