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China urges neighbors, U.S. to talk to North Korea
Sat Oct 10, 2009 2:51am EDT
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BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea wants to ease a standoff with the United States, Japan and South Korea, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao told East Asian neighbors at a summit focused on Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and on regional integration.
At the meeting on Saturday, China, Japan and South Korea vowed to seek an early restart to six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons ambitions, and to push an ambitious idea to eventually create an "East Asian community," promoted by Japan's new prime minister, Yukio Hatoyama.
Wen, who was in North Korea last Sunday to Tuesday, said Pyongyang wanted to ease strains, following sanctions and months of contention sparked by its second ever nuclear test in May.
"North Korea does not only hope to improve relations with the United States, it also hopes to do so with South Korea and Japan," Wen told a news conference after the meeting in Beijing with Hatoyama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak.
Wen said the chance to revive six-party nuclear disarmament talks including Pyongyang would not last.
"If we miss this opportunity, then we may have to make even more efforts further down the road," he said.
The three East Asian leaders also vowed to work together for closer regional economic integration, aiming eventually for a bloc something like the European Union.
"The three countries remain committed to the development of an East Asian community based on the principles of openness, transparency and inclusiveness as a long term goal," said a joint statement the leaders issued at the meeting's end.
Their vows to cooperate on North Korea and economic growth are unlikely to make any immediate difference.
But they underscored the growing pull for the three Asian powers to set aside some of their friction and rivalry as they struggle to surmount the global economic slump.
The joint show of unity may also increase pressure on North Korea to restart nuclear negotiations.
Wen said the three nations would "join hands to address the international financial crisis, climate change and other global challenges."
The combined GDP of Japan, China and South Korea accounts for 16 percent of the world's total output, with Japan and China respectively the world's second- and third-biggest economies.
In April, a month before its second nuclear test, North Korea said the six-party talks between the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States were defunct. It walked away from the talks last December.
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