China says peninsula talks need support

The international community should support the improvement of the situation in the Korean Peninsula, though the parties concerned still lack mutual trust and their opinions are far apart, said Kong Xuanyou, vice-foreign minister.

In an interview with Phoenix TV broadcast on Monday, Kong, also China's special representative on Korean Peninsula affairs, listed three factors that will affect greatly how the situation will develop.

The first is whether the current positive momentum of interaction between Pyongyang and Seoul will continue. The second is whether such momentum will lead to political talks focused on solving the peninsula issue. The third is talks between Pyongyang and Washington, which Kong said is "key to solving the issue".