On August 8 and 7, Vice Foreign Minister Wang Yi, who was in the DPRK for a visit, held talks with Kang Sok Ju, first Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs and Kim Yong Il, Vice Foreign Minister. The two sides held an all-round and in-depth discussion on the current DPRK nuclear issue and the upcoming six-party Beijing talks. The two sides hope that the six-party Beijing talks will open the prospects for a peaceful solution to the DPRK nuclear issue through dialogue.

Wang also exchanged views with the DPRK side on how to strengthen the traditional friendship between China and the DPRK, and reached important consensus.