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U.S. seeking six-party talks for denuclearized Korean peninsula: U.S. defense chief

Xinhua, November 1, 2015 Adjust font size:

Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday that his country is seeking to resume the long-stalled six-party talks for denuclearization on the Korean peninsula.

Carter arrived in Seoul on Sunday for his two-day visit to the country. The top U.S. military officer will hold annual defense ministers' meeting with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo on Monday.

During his Sunday trip to the Joint Security Area (JSA) at the truce village of Panmunjom, Carter stressed the need for the resumption of the six-way dialogue, including the two Koreas, China, the United States, Japan and Russia, to resolve the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Carter said that the United State is pushing for the six-party talks for the peninsula's denuclearization, according to a pool report. The aid-for-disarmament dialogue has been stalled since late 2008.

His comments were in line with the agreement reached during the trilateral leadership meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

After the trilateral summit that was held in Seoul on Sunday for the first time in three and a half years, the three leaders agreed to make efforts to rapidly resume the six-party talks for the denuclearized peninsula.

Carter said that the DPRK should go in a direction of reducing its nuclear development and that it should stop its nuclear development in the end.

His visit to the heavily fortified border between the two Koreas was accompanied by South Korean defense chief.

He said the U.S. policy toward the DPRK is to reach a conclusion of the denuclearized peninsula via negotiations with the DPRK.

Carter said that his country has persistently called for Pyongyang to make the peninsula situations peaceful and prosperous by maintaining peace and stability on the peninsula, refraining from provocations and any act to raise tensions, and implementing measures demanded by the six-way dialogue for the denuclearized peninsula.

The current situation is not in line with the calls, Carter said, noting that the inter-Korean border is acutely divided and heavily armed. Endit