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2010/02/09 14:57 KST
China's role positive in efforts to resume N. Korea nuclear talks: Seoul official

  
By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Yonhap) -- A flurry of diplomatic activity on North Korea bodes well for the fate of the troubled six-way talks on the communist state's nuclear program, a senior South Korean government official said Tuesday.

The North's top nuclear envoy Kim Kye-gwan arrived in Beijing Tuesday as Wang Jiarui, a top Chinese Community Party official in charge of international affairs, wrapped up his trip to Pyongyang.
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In a meeting with Wang, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il reportedly reiterated Pyongyang's commitment to denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, although no further details were disclosed.