Denuclearization and a peace treaty should be brought to the negotiating table together in order to realize peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula, experts said here Wednesday.
Head of the Syrian government delegation Bashar al-Jaafari told press Wednesday that Syrian talks aiming to broker a political end to the five-year crisis would continue despite the opposition High Negotiations Committee (HNC) pulling out of formal talks on Tuesday.
Japan and Canada will work closely together to combat terrorism as agreed Tuesday during so-called 2- plus-2 security talks held in Tokyo between vice foreign and defense ministers of both countries.
The latest cease-fire in Yemen starting a week ago was supposed to pave the way for a newest round of peace talks to kick off in Kuwait on Monday, but the warring sides' acts in the field have drummed out their earlier willing words to end the hostility, leaving many to fear, again, a similar dim future for the talks as previous ones.
Pakistan pushed the Afghan Taliban on Thursday to join peace negotiations, just two days after the group launched their annual fighting season that could further complicate efforts for the dialogue.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his U.S. counterpart John Kerry stressed the need for further cooperation between Moscow and Washington to ensure a ceasefire in Syria on Sunday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
Pakistans top foreign affairs adviser, Sartaj Aziz, said on Thursday that a four-nation group on peace and reconciliation in Afghanistan will meet this month to review the situation after the refusal of the Taliban to join the reconciliation.
The United Nations special envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura on Thursday said the second phase of Syrian peace talks seeking to broker a political end to the five-year conflict is scheduled to start on April 13.
The 13th summit between the European Union and India has failed to re-launch long-stalled free trade negotiations.
As the second week of UN-mediated Syrian talks prepares to get underway, warring factions are still at loggerheads over a number of issues though relative progress has been made since proximity discussions started on Monday.
UN Special Envoy to Syria Staffan de Mistura said Monday that the intra-Syrian talks aim to reach a "clear roadmap" for the five-year-old crisis.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Sunday that the Syrian Kurds should be invited to the intra-Syrian peace talks in Geneva.
UN Special Envoy for Syria Staffan de Mistura said Wednesday that Syria talks scheduled to start today will take place on a staggered basis, with people involved in UN-backed discussions arriving up until the end of the week so as to start substantive talks by March 14.
South Korea Monday replaced its representative at the six-party talks for the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula with Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong-Kyun.
Pakistan on Thursday said it is approaching all factions of Taliban and other groups to bring them to negotiating table for the direct peace talks with the Afghan government.
South Korea and the United States are expected to launch a joint working group next week to discuss the deployment in the South Korean territory of a sophisticated U. S. missile defense system, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday citing a government source.
The fourth round of the key Quadrilateral meeting on the Afghan peace process and drafting of a roadmap to find a political solution to the lingering security crisis was held in Kabul on Tuesday.
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