North Korea's Neighbors Push to Resume Six-party Talks

Russia and China discussed resuming six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear program this week, while a South Korean diplomat said five of the participants had agreed on conditions to present to Pyongyang for restarting the negotiations. China's foreign ministry said on its website on Tuesday on its talks with Russia, without giving further details, "Both sides exchanged views on the situation on the Korean peninsula and the issue of resuming the six party talks." Earlier this month, South Korea's representative to the talks said China and Russia, as well as the United States, Japan, and South Korea, have reached "a certain degree of consensus," on how to restart the process.