China urges end to 'cold war' with North Korea

China today urged all countries involved in six-nation talks aimed at dismantling North Korea’s nuclear programme to work harder and to use the talks as an opportunity to end the “cold war state” on the Korean peninsula.

“Parties concerned have paid enormous prices for the cold war state in the Korean peninsula, which has lasted for about half a century,” Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo was quoted as saying by the official Xinhua News Agency.