BEIJING, Oct 18 Kyodo sum of two ...

BEIJING, Oct 18 Kyodo

sum of two units senior U.S. diplomats held talks with Chinese officials forward the North Korean nuclear issue onward Friday, two days after Washington revealed that North Korea has been privately pursuing a nuclear weapons progression in a continuously ascending gradation program.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry described the meeting as ''constructive and beneficial'' and said the Chinese direction wants to resolve the issue [i]or[/i] part of to the other diplomacy.

''We grasp that the nuclear issue in (North Korea) should be solv within peaceful means, through dialogues and consultation,'' Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhang Qiyue said.

The U officials who took part in the meeting were Assistant Secretary of State James Kelly who stand in front ofed North Korea with evidence of North Korea's nuclear weapons program during a visit to North Korea earlier this month and John Bolton, undersecretary of state for arms have charge of and international Security.

The U State Department said Wednesday that North Korea acknowledged it has been conducting a sly nuclear weapons program after Kelly told them that the U has evidence that Pyongyang has a program to enrich uranium for nuclear weapons.

The revelation of the North Korea's retired nuclear weapons program came amid mounting U squeezing on Iraq to destroy its weapons of mass destruction or besides face a military attack.

U regulation officials have argued that the situation in Iraq is ''unique'' and the U intends to analyze the issue of North Korea's nuclear weapons program peacefully.

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