The achievements of the six-party talks are hard-won and deserve to be treasured by all sides, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing said at Saturday's closing ceremony of the Korean nuclear talks.

"Some people may think that not enough progress was made, and the talks did not go fast enough," Li said, "but in my opinion, the achievements were hard-won and worth valuing since this round of talks had been started when mutual trust was lacking among relevant sides and their differences were growing. The achievements are the fruit of the parties' tireless efforts and reflect the parties' political will to push forward the peace process."

He said the people from the six nations need peace, long for peace and love peace, and so does the whole world.