China, S. Korea discuss new nuke talks

BEIJING, March 30 (UPI) -- China and South Korea have discussed reviving the six-party talks on denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, Beijing's Foreign Ministry says.

Visiting South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan met with Premier Wen Jiabao and Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi Tuesday, Xinhua reported. Kim is on his first visit to China after taking office last fall.

Yang and Kim "exchanged views on the current situation on the Korean Peninsula, resuming the six-party talks as soon as possible and other issues that both are concerned with," the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

The talks involving the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan began in 2003 and have been suspended since December 2008.

Yang and Kim agreed to expand security cooperation between their countries.