27 Quotes by Song Min

We are at an important crossroad, ... We're at the point of whether to accept it (the draft) or not, not to discuss it further,

We shared the view that participants in the talks should produce substantial progress and come up with a framework for the realization of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula,

Since we do not have a set date, we will continue negotiations to coordinate each party's interests with the draft that has been proposed,

Since we are at a critical stage, we will make efforts to produce good results through contacts and consultations with each party,

Since the resumption of the talks, all parties have held a series of one-on-one meetings to be acquainted with each other's position, ... In the following step, the parties will continue to hold bilateral consultations according to their needs.

Now we are talking about the concept of the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy. We are not at the stage to discuss in details about how this concept will develop at a later stage,

Negotiations that lie ahead won't be easy, ... But we are all in the same boat, headed for the same harbor. We will charter the voyage, but there is a consensus among the six nations that it's much better to sail together than jumping off the boat.

Participants will have to tackle a number of issues, such as the dismantling of North Korea (Democratic People's Republic of Korea)'s nuclear weapons program, economic aid and normalization of diplomatic relations, before addressing the construction of new light-water reactors in North Korea,

We are not doing this under a set time frame, so we will continue negotiations to coordinate each party's interest given the draft we have now,