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Stalled talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue will resume soon, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
外交部称，围绕朝鲜核问题一度搁置的六方会谈将重新开始。
At China's initiative, heads of delegations to the Six-Party Talks from China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States had an informal meeting yesterday, the ministry said in a statement posted on its website.
外交部网站发表的一篇声明指出，在中方的倡导下，中方，朝方，和美方六方会谈的代表们昨天进行了非正式会谈。
"The three parties engaged in a candid and in-depth exchange of views on continuing the Six-Party Talks. The three parties agreed to carry out the Six-Party Talks in the near future, at a time convenient to the six parties," it said. Russia, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) are the other three sides.
声明说：“三方就继续进行六方会谈进行了深入坦诚的交流。三方决定近期在六方都合适的时候执行六方会谈的精神。”俄罗斯，日本，韩国是未参与的其它三方。
In Washington, US President George W. Bush welcomed the planned resumption of the Six-Party Talks.
美国总统小布什在华盛顿表示他对即将重新开始的六方会谈感到高兴。
"I am pleased and I want to thank the Chinese," the president told reporters at the White House.
总统对白宫记者说“我很高兴，尤其要谢谢中国做出的努力。”
The DPRK, which announced on October 9 that it had conducted a successful nuclear test, has refused to return to the talks since November last year citing financial sanctions the United States imposed against it.
10月9号朝鲜发表了成功进行了核试验的声明，并表示只要美国不停止对他的金融制裁就不会重返六方会谈。
China is the host of the Six-Party Talks, which began in 2003 and are aimed at making the peninsula nuclear free.
致力与解决朝鲜半岛核问题的六方会谈自2003年就开始了，中国是这次会谈的主持方。
Late last night, US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, who is also the chief US negotiator for the Six-Party Talks, told reporters in Beijing that the talks could be resumed as early as this month, or next, depending on what is agreed to by all six parties.
昨晚，美国副国务卿，美方六方会谈的首席代表克里斯托夫·希尔对北京媒体表示，六方会谈有望重新开谈，只要六方达成协议，那么最早这个月初就能开始。
The United States expects "substantial progress" from the next round of talks, Hill said at a press conference following a bilateral meeting with his DPRK counterpart Kim Gye-gwan, as well as a three-way meeting that included China.
在结束了和金桂冠带领的朝鲜的双边会谈，美方表示他们希望在后面几轮的会谈以及中方参与的三步会谈中获得一个“稳固的进展”。 |
