国际英语新闻：Russia ready to join emergency talks on Korean Peninsula situation

MOSCOW, Dec. 2 (Xinhua) -- Russia said Thursday that it was ready to join the emergency six-party consultations on the situation in the Korean Peninsula.

"Unfortunately, our concern about the events on the Korean Peninsula has not been lifted. That's why we will take part in the consultations when they are organized," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Alexei Sazonov.

"Participants in the format are holding diplomatic consultations to coordinate the possibility of such negotiations and their time and date," he added.

Wu Dawei, China's special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs, proposed last Sunday to host an emergency meeting in Beijing among the six states involved.

The six-party talks include China, Russia, the United States, Japan, South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

South Korea and the United States on Wednesday concluded a four-day joint naval drill in waters west of the divided peninsula after the exchange of artillery fire last week between South Korea and the DPRK.