BEIJING, September 2 (RIA Novosti, Alexei Yefimov) - Russia approves of North Korea's proposal to resume six-party talks over the nuclear problem on the Korean Peninsula in mid-September, a Russian Embassy spokesman in China said Friday.
On August 29, a representative of the North Korean Foreign Ministry said that Pyongyang was ready to resume the talks, which involve North Korea, the United States, China, Russia, South Korea, and Japan, during the week beginning September 12. The Chinese Foreign Ministry has also agreed to this date.
The fourth round of talks, which started on July 26, was suspended on August 7.
