The delegation headed by First Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Kye Gwan visited China from Oct. 12 to 16 at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China and had an exhaustive and candid discussion on the DPRK-China relations, the resumption of the six-party talks and the regional situation, etc.

The DPRK is ready for the resumption of the above-said talks but decided not to go hasty but to make ceaseless patient efforts now that the U.S. and some other participating countries are not ready for them.

The DPRK remains unchanged in its will to implement the September 19 joint statement adopted at the six-party talks for denuclearizing the whole Korean Peninsula.