The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is ready to hold six-party talks without preconditions, the official KCNA news agency reported on Monday.

The country remains unchanged in its determination to "resume the six-party talks without preconditions at an early date" and comprehensively implement the September 19 joint statement on the principle of simultaneous action, a spokesman of the DPRK Foreign Ministry told the KCNA Monday following the recent DPRK-U.S. high-ranking talks.

The two sides had "an in-depth discussion" on the issues of improving the DPRK-U.S. relations, ensuring stability on the Korean Peninsula and resuming the six-party talks in a sincere and constructive atmosphere, the spokesman said.

During the talks, both sides recognized that the improvement of bilateral relations and the negotiated settlement of the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula serve their interests and agreed to further dialogue, the spokesman said.

The DPRK delegation led by First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Kim Kye Gwan held high-ranking talks with U.S. Special Representative for DPRK Policy Stephen Bosworth on July 28-29 in New York, the KCNA reported.

The DPRK said in March that the country would like to join the six-party talks on nuclear disarmament unconditionally and wouldn't reject discussions on uranium enrichment.

Russian Vice Foreign Minister Aleksei Borodavkin arrived in Pyongyang on March 11. He is also Russia's chief representative in the six-party talks, which also involve the United States, Japan, South Korea, the DPRK and China.

(Xinhua News Agency August 1, 2011)