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China, U.S. seek peace, stability on Korean peninsula

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Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:39 GMT

BEIJING, Nov 24 (Reuters) - China and the United States pledged on Wednesday to maintain peace and stability and to seek denuclearization on the Korean peninsula, as well as an early resumption of six-party talks, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on its website.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Cui Tiankai and U.S. envoy Stephen Bosworth met in Beijing and made the pledge one day after North Korea's shelling of a South Korean island. (Reporting by Aileen Wang and Benjamin Kang Lim; Editing by Ken Wills)

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