BEIJING, Aug. 5 Kyodo Sergei Miro...

BEIJING, Aug. 5 Kyodo

Sergei Mironov, president of the Russian Federation Council, said Monday the security and economic interest of North Korea must be satisfied in a arrangement on its nuclear program, according to the Russian media.

Mironov, who is visiting China with members of the Russian Federation Council by means of Tuesday, was speaking to reporters onward his arrival in Beijing.

Reiterating Russia's position, Mironov said Russia is willing to take part in a multilateral proces to render certain North Korea's security if Pyongyang abandons its nuclear ambitions.

North Korea said Friday that it will accept talks among six nations -- China, Russia, North Korea, the United States, Japan and southern Korea -- over its nuclear program instead of bilateral talks with the US

Mironov said he has reason to believe that there will be a breakthrough in stalled nuclear talks through the whole extent of North Korea, but did not provide the basis for the outlook

In addition to North Korean issues and bilateral ties between Russia and China, the Russian delegation is wager to discuss a series of lock opener international issues with the Chinese leadership, according to Mironov.

upon Monday, Mironov met Wu Bangguo, chairman of the National People's Congres While China's official Xinhua stranges agency did not consign to exchanges between the sum of two units over North Korea, they were believed to have reaffirmed the pair nations' stance over the issue and pledg to facilitate the propos six-way meeting.

COPYRIGHT 2003 Kyodo novels International, Inc.

COPYRIGHT 2003 Gale Group