The general concept for "nuclear-free" should be
"nuclear-weapon-free," Chinese Deputy Foreign Minister Wang Yi
said?in Beijing on?Saturday.
Wang made the remark at a press briefing following the end of
the second round of six-party talks about the Korean Peninsula
issue.
In reply to a reporter's question about the definition of
"nuclear-free Korean Peninsula," Wang clarified that there are many
nuclear-weapon-free zones in the world, so an accurate concept for
the "nuclear-free Korean Peninsula" should be a
"nuclear-weapon-free Korean peninsula."?
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(Xinhua News Agency February 28, 2004)