We will closely monitor the new authorities' moves. We will define our relations with them according to their acts.

Due to the current atmosphere and conditions, the seventh China-Japan-Republic of Korea leaders' meeting will be postponed until a proper date.

France welcomes the announcement made in Baghdad and hopes that the accord will respond to expectations.

We hope all parties will retain a calm, pragmatic and flexible attitude and will properly deal with differences between each other and continue to push forward the process of peace talks.

We hope (Kim's) China trip will help North Korea's economic development and peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.

We will step up the strengthening of our nuclear deterrent force as a justified self-defense measure to counter the threat increasing daily from the U.S. strategy to isolate and stifle North Korea.