China says North Korea delay "natural"
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China, host of six-party talks aimed at reining in North Korea's nuclear program, on Thursday described North Korea's failure to meet a deadline to account for its nuclear activities as a natural delay.
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China appealed to North Korea on Tuesday to join working meetings before a new round of six-party talks on dismantling its nuclear program, despite the North's declaration that it saw no point in attending.
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Six-nation talks on North Korea's nuclear programme are to resume on 18 December, China says.
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South Korea will likely wait until North  Korea returns to talks before dealing with a request for  fertilizer to help its faltering agricultural sector, a South  Korean government minister said on Monday.
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A day after North Korea said it will conduct a nuclear test in the future, ally China has weighed in, calling on all sides to exercise calm and restraint. "We hope that the DPRK (North Korea's official name) will keep calm and restrained on the nuclear test issue," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in a statement reported by China's Xinhua news agency.
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SEOUL -- China has pledged to try to revive talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear programs after the isolated, Stalinist state's declaration that it has atomic weapons and is boycotting disarmament negotiations.
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China said the next round of six- nation talks aimed at persuading North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program should be held as scheduled at the end of this month.
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China indicated on Monday it  might back a modified U.N. Security Council resolution on North  Korea&#039;s missile tests and the council put off a vote on  sanctions to allow for more regional diplomacy.
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China urged restraint in diplomacy with   North Korea on Wednesday and said it would not support   sanctions, but expressed frustration with its neighbor and old   ally over its July missile tests.
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China indefinitely postpones the release of a report outlining the environmental costs of economic development.
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WASHINGTON -- Six-nation talks on ending North Korea's nuclear program will begin Dec. 16 in Beijing, two months after Pyongyang defied international pressure and conducted its first nuclear test. The talks have been stalled for more than a year. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the chief US negotiator, said China will make a formal announcement this weekend.
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Senior North Korean and Chinese officials have met in Beijing amid hints from Pyongyang that it might not attend a next round of multi-party talks over its nuclear programs, state media said.
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November 12, 2004 ã¡ Comments from Chinese and Japanese officials suggest that North Korea was not yet ready to resume the stalled six-nation talks aimed at ending its nuclear program.
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China signalled to US Secretary of State Colin Powell it will press North Korea to return quickly to stalled talks on its nuclear weapons program, a senior State Department official said.
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North Korea said on Thursday a planned visit by U.N. nuclear monitors was on hold because it had not received unfrozen bank funds, shaking hopes Pyongyong would start disabling its atom bomb program soon.
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A trip by diplomats to the site of a  mysterious blast in North Korea has been delayed for logistical  reasons, Western diplomats based in Pyongyang said on  Wednesday.
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China says its it is working to get North Korea back at the six-way talks on its nuclear weapons ambitions.