Ambassador to attend Six-Party Talks in Russia

China's new ambassador in charge of Korean Peninsula affairs will attend the third meeting of the six-country talks for peace and security in Northeast Asia in Moscow next week, the Foreign Ministry said yesterday.

The Moscow conference, scheduled for Thursday and Friday, will focus on the framework for broad Six-Party Talks in which the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed in 2005 to abandon its nuclear programs.

"Yang Houlan, Chinese ambassador for Korean Peninsula affairs, will attend the meeting," Jiang Yu, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman told a regular briefing.