Russian, South Korean Leaders Satisfied With Recent Six-Nation Talks – Kremlin

MOSCOW. Oct 9 (Interfax) – The presidents of Russia and South Korea Vladimir Putin and Roh Moo-hyun are satisfied with the outcome of the latest round of six-nation talks on the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula.

The two leaders talked on the phone on Tuesday at the initiative of the South Korean side, the Kremlin reports.

“The heads of state expressed satisfaction with the results of the recent round of the six-nation talks on the nuclear problem of the Korean peninsula,” the report said.

The South Korean president reported the results of the second inter-Korean summit held in Pyongyang on October 2-4.

“The Russian president praised the outcome of the talks, voiced hope for the productive continuation of the inter-Korean process and confirmed Russia’s readiness to continue rendering it all possible assistance, in particular through participating in joint transport and economic projects,” the report says.

The presidents also discussed pressing aspects of cooperation between Russia and the Republic of Korea.

The latest round of the six-nation talks took place at the end of September in Beijing.

It was crowned by a joint document of the participants under which North Korea undertook to fully decommission the five-megawatt nuclear reactor in Yongbyong, as well as the radiochemical laboratory and nuclear fuel processing plant there, by December 31.

In line with the document the United States will send a team of experts to North Korea in two weeks to monitor the decommissioning of nuclear facilities and to finance these operations.

The six nation talks involve the North and South Korea, Russia, the United States, China and Japan.

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