Pyongyang (AsiaNews/Agencies) North Korean leader Kim Jong-il said his country wants a nuclear-free Korean peninsula. His remarks were made during a meeting with Chinese State Councillor Tang Jiaxuan who visited Pyongyang as the personal representative of President Hu Jintao,
The "Dear Leader" and his Chinese guest added that the forthcoming six-nation nuclear talks scheduled in Beijing for the week of July 25 could be an important platform for realising that goal.
The six-nation nuclear talks include the two Koreas, the US, China, Russia and Japan
Pyongyang had walked out during the third session (June 2004) and on February 10, 2005, had confirmed possessing a nuclear capability that it would further develop.
A month later it reactivated its nuclear facility in Yongbyon90 km north of the capitalwhich, according to international experts, has enough plutonium to build six atomic bombs.
However, Pyongyang announced last Monday that it would return to the talks because Washington recognised Pyongyang's sovereignty and would not invade it.
