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Beijing said on Wednesday it welcomes the agreement reached by Pyongyang and Seoul to hold a third summit in Pyongyang in September, and commends the efforts the two sides have made in this regard.

Foreign Ministry spokesman Lu Kang made the remarks in an online statement after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the Republic of Korea reached the agreement after senior-level talks on Monday.

As a close neighbor to the Korean Peninsula, China is glad to see and support the DPRK and the ROK to carry on contact and dialogue, implement the Panmunjom Declaration and advance reconciliation and cooperation, Lu said.

China expects a successful summit with positive outcomes, he said, adding China believes it can help promote the process of denuclearization and the political settlement of the peninsula issue.