BEIJING, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The parties involved in the
Korean Peninsula nuclear talks held intense bilateral meetings here to pave the
way for the discussions between chief negotiators, which are scheduled for
Thursday afternoon.
Wu Dawei (R), China's top negotiator on
Korean Peninsular nuclear issue, meets with his South Korean counterpart
Kim Sook in Beijing, capital of China, July 9, 2008. The heads meeting of
a new round of six-party talks on Korean Peninsular nuclear issue will be
held here on July 10. (Xinhua Photo) Photo
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Kim Sook, chief negotiator of the Republic of Korea
(ROK) delegation, met with his U.S. counterpart Christopher Hill and Chinese
chief delegate Wu Dawei on Wednesday.
After the bilateral meetings, Kim told reporters that
he felt neither "optimistic" nor "pessimistic" about the six-party talks, and
each party needed to cool down and detail the relevant issues.
Hill, after meeting with the ROK side, said they
touched upon issues including the verification process for the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) denuclearization, fuel aid to the country,
food shipments and other issues.
Hill said he is scheduled to have a breakfast meeting
on Thursday with Russian chief delegate Alexei Borodavkin, after which there
will be a trilateral meeting of China, the United States and Russia, with the
aim of fully preparing for the six-party talks in the afternoon.
Hill met with the DPRK delegation soon after he
arrived in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon, saying that denuclearization
verification, including documents, site visits and interviews, would be a focal
point in the upcoming meeting.
Under an agreement reached in October, the DPRK
agreed to abandon all nuclear weapons and programs and declare all its nuclear
programs and facilities by the end of 2007, in exchange for diplomatic and
economic incentives.
The DPRK submitted its nuclear declaration to China
on June 26 and demolished the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear reactor on
June 27, though it missed the deadline.
PYONGYANG, July 9 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)
urged Wednesday the United States to take substantial actions to push forward
the denuclearization process.
Deeds are better than empty words, said a commentary
carried by the official Minju Joson daily, which accused the United States of
recent arms sales to South Korea worth about 200 million U.S. dollars. Full story
BEIJING, July 8 (Xinhua) -- Heads of the delegations
attending the new round of six-party talks will meet on Thursday, according to
the Chinese Foreign Ministry at a regular press conference here on Tuesday.
"We expect the meeting to have a positive effect to
facilitate the six-party talks moving to a new phase," said ministry spokesman
Qin Gang. Full story
A combination photo shows a cooling
tower (R) and the site after it was demolished (L) at a DPRK nuclear plant
June 27, 2008.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo
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PYONGYANG, July 4 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Friday
urged the other parties of the six-party talks to meet their obligations
so as to push denuclearization into the next phase. Full story
WASHINGTON, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The United States said
Friday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has taken "a good
step" by blowing up the cooling tower at its nuclear reactor but said there is
much more to be done. Full story
PYONGYANG, June 27 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) on Friday blew up the cooling tower at the Yongbyon nuclear complex, a
symbolic gesture of its willingness to abandon its nuclear ambition. Full story
