SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Xinhua) -- South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yeon-chul on Friday stressed a need for an interim deal in denuclearization talks between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States as part of efforts to keep the dialogue momentum alive.
Kim made the remark during a press conference with local reporters, saying a tentative agreement as the stepping stone to a final agreement, that is to say a "wisdom of modus vivendi," would be necessary to keep situations from worsening and revive the negotiations momentum.
The working-level denuclearization negotiation between the DPRK and the United States was held in Stockholm in October, but it ended without progress. Pyongyang set the end of this year as its deadline for the denuclearization talks.
The minister noted that South Korea paid attention to the draft resolution on the political settlement of the Korean Peninsula issues, put forward by China and Russia to the UN Security Council.
The draft resolution urged Pyongyang and Washington to continue dialogue and called for the resumption of the six-party talks, while proposing the lifting of some of the sanctions on the DPRK in light of the country's compliance with relevant resolutions.
The six-party talks, which involved the two Koreas, China, the United States, Russia and Japan, have been suspended since late 2008 when the DPRK pulled out. China and Russia have called for its resumption.
