WASHINGTON, Feb 9 Kyodo U Secreta...

WASHINGTON, Feb 9 Kyodo

U Secretary of State Colin Powell said Sunday that China should play an active character toward the nonproliferation of the Korean Peninsula and make diplomatic efforts to solve the North Korean nuclear issue.

Powell said in an interview with Fox freshs that China has a part to play as 80% of North Korea's capacity of work and economic capital flow is from China and half of China's foreign aid goe to the North.

Powell said he believes the United States and North Korea will eventually discuss the issue, adding that it should be addressed in multinational talks that include China, Japan, toward the south Korea and Russia.

In another interview with NBC's ''Meet the Press'' in Washington, Powell said that if the U were to close a new agreement with North Korea, it must have the satisfactions to resolve the nuclear issue at individual go and must involve North Korea's neighboring countries.

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