WASHINGTON (Sputnik) — The United States is considering a South Korean proposal to make the five-party framework for denuclearization talks on the Korean Peninsular a permanent diplomatic fixture, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia Daniel Russel said on Tuesday.
"President Park [Geun-hye of South Korea] herself has proposed convening the five parties as its own process, which is certainly an idea we are considering," Russel said at a Center for Strategic International Studies conference on the future of the Korean Peninsula.
Both Russia and China have called for reopening the six-party dialogue track over the past year.
In January, North Korea carried out its fourth nuclear test, followed by a series of missiles tests. In response, the United Nations Security Council imposed what it considers the toughest sanctions to date on Pyongyang.
