| China’s foreign minister said on Wednesday that “new consensus” had been reached at six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea’s nuclear programmes, but the agreement appeared to break no new ground. “All parties reaffirm that they will implement the September 19 joint statement, they reaffirm that they will resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean peninsula through dialogue and peace and they reaffirm that they will uphold the aim of denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula,” Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said in a statement. North Korea agreed in a September 19, 2005, accord to give up its nuclear arms in exchange for aid and security guarantees from the other five countries at the talks - China, South Korea, the United States, Japan and Russia. |