South Korea proposed that "two pillars" should be set up in seeking a solution to the Korean nuclear issue, said a member of the South Korean delegation Wednesday.  

The official, unwilling to reveal his name, said the proposal was made by Song Min-soon, head of the South Korean delegation and deputy foreign minister, in a keynote speech when addressing the plenary meeting held this morning.

 

Song was quoted as saying that this round of talks should result in a common document such as a common declaration.

 

The "two pillars," which should be included in the common document, refer to the promise on the North Korean side to give up its nuclear program and the promise on the other five parties to normalize their relations with the North, and provide security guarantee and economic cooperation.

 

According to the official, the South Korean delegation said the common document should take "words for words and action for action" as a precondition and all the sides should carry out the measures they have agreed on in order to show the principle of "acting simultaneously."

 

The common document should also include such content as South Korea will transmit electricity to the North, he said.

 

The official said in this round of talks all parties have exchanged views frequently, and the South Korean delegation suggested that in the following days, large amount of bilateral and multilateral meetings should be made besides plenary sessions.

 

The six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue moved into the second day today.

 

Delegations from China, the US, Russia, Japan, South and North Korea attended a closed-door plenary session that opened at 9:00 Wednesday morning.

 

(Xinhua News Agency July 27, 2005)