Christopher Hill, top US negotiator to the six-party talks, said in
Beijing today that the talks were "moving into the phase that things will start
appearing on paper".
Hill told reporters in his hotel that he will discuss with the Chinese side
later this morning about that.
Hill will also meet with delegations of Japan and the Republic of Korea on
Thursday afternoon. "I assume, not scheduled yet, to see the Democratic People's
Republic of Korea (DPRK)," he added.
As to the financial disputes between the United States and the DPRK, Hill
reiterated that the financial issue was separate from the denuclearization
issue.
U.S. Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary Daniel Glaser had left
here Thursday morning for home after holding talks with the DPRK on the
financial sanction issue.
Glaser, who is leading the U.S. delegation, held talks with President of the
DPRK's Foreign Trade Bank O Kwang Chol on Tuesday and Wednesday in the U.S.
Embassy and DPRK Embassy respectively.
Financial sanction imposed on the DPRK was one of the key stumbling blocks
that stalled the six-party talks since September 2005.
The financial talks were held on the sidelines of the fresh meeting of the
six-party talks, which entered the fourth day on Thursday.
