Chinese delegation head Wu Dawei Wednesday called on all sides to the six-party talks to seize opportunities, meet challenges and work together with their utmost political courage to create a better future for Northeast Asia.

Wu, also China's vice foreign minister, made the remarks at the first plenary session of the fourth round of the six-party talks held at Beijing's Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

At the plenary session, he said, negotiators from the six nations stated their stances and advanced opinions on how to achieve denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

They reiterated that they would adhere to the goal of denuclearization and to dialogues for a peaceful resolution of the issue.

"They agreed to, on the basis of the results achieved in the previous three rounds of talks, continue in-depth discussions, give earnest considerations to the concerns and stances of the other parties, and work together for positive progress in the ongoing talks," he said.

Negotiators from the six nations, China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, began the fourth round of the talks in Beijing Tuesday.

Through a series of one-to-one meetings, the six parties exchanged views in a candid and in-depth way and enhanced mutual understanding, said the Chinese delegation head.

According to him, the six-party talks itself is a process of "seeking common points while reserving differences, reducing difference, accumulating consensus and creating peace."

The six-party talks is considered a diplomatic mechanism to seek ways to resolve the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue in a peaceful manner.

The previous three rounds of the talks were held since 2003, also hosted by China in Diaoyutai, a quiet compound occupied by villas and lakes in the Chinese capital, but no substantial progress was made.

The resumption of the talks, after a 13-month-long impasse, has rekindled the hope for a breakthrough in the nuclear dismantlement deadlock.

"Compared with the last three rounds, the participants this time appeared to be more anxious to find a solution," said Jin Linbo, a professor with the China Institute of International Studies.

"But we still need to wait and see whether such favorable signs would finally lead to progress in the new round of talks," said Jin Canrong, a professor on international politics with the People's University of China.

Source: Xinhua