WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States and China call for a prompt resumption of the multilateral denuclearization talks with North Korea, the US Department of State said in a press release on Tuesday upon the conclusion of the US-China Strategic and Economic Dialogue.
"The two sides called on all relevant parties to make joint efforts and take the necessary actions to create the conditions for an early resumption of the Six-Party Talks," the press release stated.
China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States formed the six party talks with North Korea from 2003 through 2009 to negotiate peace on the Korean Peninsula and to put an end to Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons program.
The talks ultimately failed in 2009 following a North Korean nuclear test and subsequent withdrawal from the diplomatic format.
