By Ankit Panda
Senior nuclear envoys from China and Russia met to discuss a possible resumption of the Six-Party Talks.
On Wednesday, the Chinese foreign ministry issued a statement noting that the top nuclear envoys of both China and Russia met in Beijing on Tuesday to discuss a possible resumption of the Six-Party Talks on North Korea’s nuclear program.
Wu Dawei, China’s top diplomat focused on nuclear affairs, and his Russian counterpart, Igor Morgulov, met in Beijing on Tuesday. According to a statement released by the Chinese foreign ministry quoted by South Korea’s Yonhap News, the two envoys ”exchanged views on the resumption of the six-party talks.”
Earlier this month, Wu met with South Korea’s Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Hwang Joon-kook. That meeting also featured a possible resumption of the Six-Party Talks on the agenda.
The Six-Party talks crumbled almost six years ago, back when Kim Jong-il was still in power in North Korea. Since then, North Korea has two major nuclear tests, one in May 2009 and one in February 2013.
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