US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice held talks with Mohamed ElBaradei, secretary general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), yesterday and they discussed the nuclear issues of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Iran.

"On North Korea, they talked really about the issue of implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1718," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said at a briefing.

"On Iran, they had a general discussion of where we stand right now and UN member countries' efforts to pass a UN Security Council resolution that would impose some sanctions on Iran," McCormack said.

The United States is working with Britain and France, two other permanent members of the UN Security Council, on a resolution to impose sanctions on Iran, McCormack said.