China again urges concerned parties to maintain six-party talks

BEIJING, April 30 (Xinhua) -- China on Thursday once again urged all six
parties of the Korean peninsula nuclear talks to safeguard the negotiating
mechanism.

"We hope all the parties to proceed from the overall situation, properly
resolve relevant issues and make concerted effort to maintain the six-party
talks," Foreign Ministry spokeswomen Jiang Yu told a regular press conference.

She reaffirmed that China would continue to play a constructive role in
realizing the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and ensuring peace and
stability of northeast Asia.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said on Wednesday that it
might conduct nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile tests in
self-defense if the UN Security Council did not apologize for "infringing" on
the country's sovereignty."

The DPRK's Foreign Ministry also said the country planned to build a light
water reactor as its first step to build a nuclear power
plant.