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Parallel-track approach essential to peace, stability on Korean Peninsula: experts

Xinhua, April 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

Denuclearization and a peace treaty should be brought to the negotiating table together in order to realize peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, experts said here Wednesday.

The nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula is "a complex problem for every party related," Yang Xiyu, a senior fellow at the China Institute of International Studies, said during a briefing on the 2016 China-U.S. Young Leaders' Dialogue.

A parallel-track approach should be the solution to fundamentally achieve peace and stability in the region, he said.

Yang said the solution meant that on the one hand, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) must abandon its nuclear programs completely.

On the other hand, its legitimate concerns in political, economic and security areas should be addressed, which means replacement of the Korean armistice with a peace agreement, he added.

The United States still distrusts the DPRK, which results in the reluctance to respond to the parallel-track approach proposed by China, Yang said. "But they never said 'No' to the proposal."

In March, in response to the DPRK's Jan. 6 nuclear test and Feb. 7 ballistic missile launch, the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on tougher sanctions on the DPRK to curb the country's nuclear and missile programs.

UN Security Council members also called for an early resumption of the six-party talks.

"The six-party talks are the way to go," Su Ge, president of the China Institute of International Studies, said. "So far, it still seems to be the most efficient platform to address the problem."

The six-party talks, a mechanism involving the DPRK, South Korea, China, Japan, the United States and Russia, is believed to be a practical way to realize denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.

Launched in 2003, the talks were stalled in December 2008. The DPRK quit the talks in April 2009.

Su also noted that the parallel-track approach is a reasonable and workable solution to solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula. Enditem