First deputy foreign minister Valery Loshchinin said in an interview with RIA Novosti that he was informed about this by Chinese foreign minister Li Zhaoxing in the wake of latter's visit to North Korea.
Taking part in the six party talks are the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), South Korea, the USA, Russia, China, and Japan.
The Chinese side considers that the contacts that Li Zhaoxing had in Pyongyang on this problem were "very successful," Loshchinin said. He noted the importance of support by China for the dynamic line, which makes it possible to keep within the negotiating process on the Korean nuclear problem.
"Our Chinese partners are a kind of a locomotive capable of speeding up the solution of the nuclear problem on the Korean peninsula, and Beijing and we have full understanding on this problem. This contributes to the negotiating process," the diplomat said.
"And although it is too early to speak about achieving specific results, the most important thing is that the negotiating process is going on and we must go over the level of guarantees ensuring the security of North Korea, while simultaneously tackling the issues of the non-proliferation of the nuclear weapons,"Loshchinin said.
The first two rounds of the six-party talks took place in August of 2003 and in February of this year. The USA and North Korea failed to overcome their differences at them and agreed to set up a working group which will try to smooth sharp angles in the positions of the two sides in preparing a third round of the regional forum. The third round is supposed to be held in the summer of this year.
