Südkorea kommentiert das Ganze selbstverständlich etwas zurückhaltender, wie Yonhap meldet (Hervorhebungen von mir):
"Choe met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, during which he conveyed Pyongyang's willingness to open dialogue on the issue with 'concerned parties.' According to China's official news media, Choi's remarks came in response to Xi's call for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
South Korea's government, however, feels North Korea's policy direction expressed through Choe lacks specifics, according to officials in Seoul. 'North Korea appears to have delivered its intention to resume dialogue to China, and the two sides seem to have shared the need for dialogue,' a high-ranking official in Seoul said. But the official painted a cautious picture of the outlook for the resumption of dialogue, noting Pyongyang's failure to mention denuclearization.
Another Seoul official also said North Korea failed to mention denuclearization and the six-party talks in its media coverage of the outcome of Choe's Chinese trip. 'North Korea and China are still wide apart as far as the denuclearization issue is concerned,' the official said.
Also clouding the outlook for the resumption of dialogue, the North poured out raw criticism of South Korean President Park Geun-hye in an official statement released on Saturday."
"Choe met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on Friday, during which he conveyed Pyongyang's willingness to open dialogue on the issue with 'concerned parties.' According to China's official news media, Choi's remarks came in response to Xi's call for a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.
South Korea's government, however, feels North Korea's policy direction expressed through Choe lacks specifics, according to officials in Seoul. 'North Korea appears to have delivered its intention to resume dialogue to China, and the two sides seem to have shared the need for dialogue,' a high-ranking official in Seoul said. But the official painted a cautious picture of the outlook for the resumption of dialogue, noting Pyongyang's failure to mention denuclearization.
Another Seoul official also said North Korea failed to mention denuclearization and the six-party talks in its media coverage of the outcome of Choe's Chinese trip. 'North Korea and China are still wide apart as far as the denuclearization issue is concerned,' the official said.
Also clouding the outlook for the resumption of dialogue, the North poured out raw criticism of South Korean President Park Geun-hye in an official statement released on Saturday."