SEOUL - Visiting U.S. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said Sunday that his country is seeking to resume the long-stalled six-party talks for denuclearization on the Korean peninsula.

Carter arrived in Seoul on Sunday for his two-day visit to the country. The top U.S. military officer will hold annual defense ministers' meeting with his South Korean counterpart Han Min-Koo on Monday.

During his Sunday trip to the Joint Security Area (JSA) at the truce village of Panmunjom, Carter stressed the need for the resumption of the six-way dialogue, including the two Koreas, China, the United States, Japan and Russia, to resolve the nuclear issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Carter said that the United State is pushing for the six-party talks for the peninsula's denuclearization, according to a pool report. The aid-for-disarmament dialogue has been stalled since late 2008.

His comments were in line with the agreement reached during the trilateral leadership meeting between Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.

After the trilateral summit that was held in Seoul on Sunday for the first time in three and a half years, the three leaders agreed to make efforts to rapidly resume the six-party talks for the denuclearized peninsula.

Carter said that the DPRK should go in a direction of reducing its nuclear development and that it should stop its nuclear development in the end.(Xinhua)