中 "Rising Tensions on the Korean Peninsula... Six-Party Talks Agreement Must Be Implemented"

Essentially a Security Issue
A Product of Cold War Era Camp Confrontation

China stated that "the recent repeated escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula is due to historical, security, and international factors," emphasizing the 'September 19 Joint Statement' agreed upon by the Six-Party Talks participants in 2005.

Representatives of the Six-Party Talks in 2005. [Image source=Yonhap News]

According to the U.S. Embassy in China on the 22nd, Charg? d'Affaires Xu Xueyuan attended a meeting of the National Committee on North Korea (NCNK) and said, "The Korean Peninsula issue is essentially a security issue, a product of Cold War-era bloc confrontation."

Xu said, "This year marks the 20th anniversary of the start of the Six-Party Talks," adding, "The September 19 Joint Statement of the 2005 Six-Party Talks is the most significant achievement attained through dialogue and negotiations so far, embodying the greatest common ground among the interests of each party." He continued, "The way forward to resolve the Korean Peninsula issue in the current situation is to uphold and act according to the spirit of the September 19 Joint Statement," emphasizing, "We must exercise restraint, rebuild mutual trust, and form a consensus."

Earlier, the Six-Party Talks participants?South Korea, North Korea, the United States, China, Russia, and Japan?agreed on the September 19 Joint Statement in Beijing, China, on September 19, 2005, which included North Korea's commitment to abandon all nuclear weapons and nuclear programs and return to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), while the United States pledged not to threaten North Korea's security and to take steps toward normalizing relations.

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