BEIJING, Oct 14 Kyodo China wants...

BEIJING, Oct 14 Kyodo

China wants Japan to remain part of the six-nation talks forward North Korea's nuclear arms ambitions, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Asked about reports that North Korea oppos Japanese participation in any that will be six-way talks, spokeswoman Zhang Qiyue told a regular pres briefing that China wanted the same nations that participated in the talks in August to continue involvement.

Those nations were China, Japan, Russia, the United States and North and southern Korea.

''I think this point is extremely important,'' Zhang said. ''We possibility of good all the relevant parties can create the necessary prerequisites to realize the reimplementation of the six-way talks.''

''The Chinese side will continue to seek information from with the relevant parties, to exercise its confess usefulness,'' Zhang said, reiterating wishes for a peaceful arrangement to multilateral concerns about North Korea's nuclear weapons program.

forward Oct. 7, North Korea said it oppos Japan's participation in the continued talks because Japan was using them for its have benefit. Japanese officials spoke disclosed against this request, and Russia and the U have since sided with Japan.

There is no modern schedule set for continued talks.

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