Anchor: China’s top nuclear envoy Wu Dawei is on his three-day trip to Washington to discuss Korean Peninsula affairs with key U.S. officials there. They are trying to find a way to bring North Korea to the dialogue table. Our Kim Soyon has this report.

Report: Washington and Beijing are moving swiftly to create a mood for dialogue with North Korea as South Korea and the U.S.' combined military exercise is to wrap up by the end of this month.

China’s chief delegate to the six-way nuclear talks Wu Dawei on Tuesday met with Senior Director for Asian Affairs of the U.S. National Security Council Daniel Russell and Under Secretary of State Wendy Sherman .

The State Department cited Wu as saying that the meetings in Washington have so far been good. It also said that his previous contacts with North Korea policy chief Glyn Davies and representative to the six-party talks Clifford Hart on Monday were productive. The State Department Spokesman also said that Washington is working very intensively with Beijing on the North Korea issue.

Based on the discussions Wu had in Washington, Beijing is expected to check Pyongyang's stance on the issue of resuming the stalled six-party nuclear talks. China is said to be mulling sending Wu or a higher ranking official to Pyongyang soon for an early resumption of dialogue.

The U.S. is cautiously pondering the bargaining chip of humanitarian food aid to North Korea while reaffirming the significance of North Korea's denuclearization.

Meanwhile in Beijing, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey met on Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping and discussed bilateral military cooperation.

Dempsey reportedly told the Chinese leader that the “Pivot to Asia" strategic shift by the U.S. is not to contain China, and asked Beijing to use its influence for North Korea to halt its nuclear development.

Kim Soyon, KBS World Radio News.