英闻天下——517 China, US Pledge Peaceful Korean Solution

 　　Kerry's China visit was his first as the US Secretary of State and came amid escalating 1 tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

 
　　In his talks with Kerry, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said China will stick to denuclearization and peace on the peninsula and settle the issue through dialogue.
 
　　Wang Yi urged related parties to refrain from any act that may escalate 2 the tension.
 
　　He also called for restoring the six-party talks.
 
　　Meanwhile, State Councilor Yang Jiechi, also China's former foreign minister, made similar comments in a separate meeting with Kerry.
 
　　"China will work with other relevant parties, including the United States, to play a constructive 3 role in promoting the six-party talks and to advance the implementation 4 of the goals set out in the joint 5 statement of September 19, 2005."
 
　　In that statement, North Korea agreed in principle to scrap 6 its nuclear program in return for aid and diplomatic incentives 7 from other members of the six-party talks, which involved China, Russia, the US, Japan and the two Koreas.
 
　　But Pyongyang withdrew from the talks in 2009 and later conducted more nuclear tests.
 
　　Kerry urged Pyongyang to return to the negotiation 8 table over its nuclear program.
 
　　"China and the United States recommitted ourselves to find a peaceful solution. And we say to Kim Jong Un and the government of DPRK that they have an obvious choice here which is to join us in an effort to try to find a negotiated resolution."
 
　　North Korea recently threatened war and nuclear strikes against its perceived enemies, the US and South Korea.
 
　　On China-US relations, Chinese President Xi Jinping told Kerry that both nations should interact positively 9 in the Asia-Pacific region, and safeguard regional and world peace.
 
　　Premier 10 Li Keqiang made similar comments in his meeting with Kerry.
 
　　"I must say that there are immense common interests between China and the United States and the course of the Sino-US relationship in the past several decades has fully 11 shown that our common interests far outweigh 12 our differences. We are both big countries and we share a responsibility for peace and stability in our region and in the world."
 
　　For his part, Kerry suggested the two nations find a path to foster a new type of bilateral 13 relations.
 
　　"We very, very much look forward to building on what the president has described to me as the potential for a new model, a model relationship."
 
　　The concept of the "new type of relations" is characterized by win-win cooperation, mutual 14 trust and favorable interaction.
 
　　China is the second leg of Kerry's four-day East Asia tour, which has already taken him to South Korea.
 
　　He is now visiting Japan.
 
　　For CRI, I'm Xiuqi.