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추궈홍(邱國洪) 주한 중국대사는 26일 "중국은 조속한 6자회담 재개를 통해 북핵문제를 해결하고, 한반도 비핵화를 실현할 수 있을 것이라고 믿고 있다"고 말했다.
추 대사는 이날 국회에서 진행된 새정치민주연합 문재인 대표와의 비공개 면담 에서, 문 대표가 6자회담 재개를 위한 중국의 적극적 역할을 당부한 데 대해 이같이 답했다고 배석했던 김성수 대변인이 전했다.
추 대사는 "6자회담에 참여하는 다른 5개국과도 회담 재개와 관련해 긴밀하게 의사소통하고 있다"며 "미국과 북한의 의견차이를 잘 알고 있으며, 적극적으로 설득 해 양측이 받아들일 방안을 마련하겠다"고 밝혔다.
추 대사는 내달 초 예정된 박근혜 대통령의 중국 방문과 관련, "박 대통령의 전 승절 방중 때에도 양국 지도자 사이에서 이 문제(비핵화)가 반드시 논의될 것"이라 고 말했다.
이어 오는 10월 예정된 문 대표의 중국 방문에 대해 "(중국) 공산당에서도 문 대표의 방중을 매우 중요하게 보고 준비하고 있다"며 "방중은 공산당 측에 경제통일 구상에 상세하게 설명할 계기 될 것"이라고 밝혔다.
추 대사는 최근 남북 고위급 접촉의 극적 타결과 관련, "한반도 긴장 완화와 남 북 관계 개선에 큰 역할을 할 것"이라며 "남북은 앞으로 이번 합의를 잘 이해하고 협력을 유지하리라 믿는다. 중국도 평화적 방법으로 자주적 통일을 실현할 수 있도 록 많은 관심을 갖고 지원하겠다"고 약속했다.
문 대표는 이 자리에서 추 대사에게 '한반도 신경제지도' 구상을 담은 책자를 선물했다. (연합)
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China believes N. Korea's denuclearization possible: Chinese envoy
China believes that North Korea's denuclearization is possible through resuming the now-suspended six-party talks, China's top envoy to South Korea said Wednesday.
The remarks were made during a closed-door meeting between Amb.
Qiu Guohong and Rep. Moon Jae-in, chairman of the main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy, in Seoul, said the party's spokesman Kim Sung-soo.
Guohong said that "China believes that quickly resuming the six-party talks will solve the North Korean nuclear issue and make the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula possible," according to Kim.
The six-party talks involving the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States have been suspended since late 2008 due to Pyongyang's backtracking on a past agreement to abandon its nuclear weapons program in exchange for economic and political concessions.
As to Moon's request that China play an active role in resuming the talks, the ambassador responded that Beijing is making efforts to narrow the differences between the U.S. and North Korea.
The two also agreed that the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is the same goal pursued by both countries.
The ambassador said that the inter-Korean deal struck on Tuesday would play a big role in easing tensions between the two Koreas.
"I believe that the South and the North will understand each other better and keep the cooperation from now on. China will pay attention and show support so that the two Koreas can achieve reunification in a peaceful way," the ambassador said.
The ambassador welcomed Moon's planned visit to China in October to attend a regional meeting of parliamentarians and meet senior Chinese officials.
Moon plans to join a session of the International Conference of Asian Political Parties to be held in Beijing from Oct. 14-16.
Sponsored by the Communist Party of China, the meeting will take place under the theme of "Rebuilding the Silk Road."
It would be Moon's first trip to China as leader of NPAD, coming at the invitation of Zhang Dejiang, chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress. (Yonhap)
