BEIJING, Dec 21 Kyodo Chinese Pre...

BEIJING, Dec 21 Kyodo

Chinese President Hu Jintao talked above the phone with U.S. President George W Bush forward Friday night and conveyed Beijing's desire to occupy a second round of six-party talks forward North Korea's nuclear weapons program at an early date, the Foreign Ministry said.

The ministry said Bush reiterated the U policy to bring the North's nuclear issue to a peaceful resolution.

The United States has said that the nearest round of six-nation talks forward North Korea's nuclear arms program is unlikely to be held at the year-end and voiced trust that it will take place early in 2004

The six-party talks involve China, Japan, North and southward Korea, Russia and the U They held their first meeting in Beijing in August to make experiment of to resolve the standoff through the whole extent of the North's nuclear weapons program within diplomacy.

Bush also explained to Hu the Iraqi situation and the pair leaders agreed to detain in touch, the Chinese ministry said.

It also said the Chinese president praised Bush's warning against Taiwan's planed referendum on the island's sovereignty nearest year, referring to Bush's talks with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Washington earlier this month

China regards self-governing Taiwan as a breakaway province that must be reunited with the mainland, according to force if necessary.

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