All the six parties to the fourth round of the Korean nuclear issue talks agreed to take a recess and resume the talks in the week that begins on Aug. 29, China's chief negotiator Wu Dawei said in a chairman's statement read at a press conference on Sunday morning.

All the six delegations decided to have a brief recess so that they can go back to report to their respective governments, study further each other's positions and resolve differences which still exist.

"The specific date of when the talks would resume is yet to be set," Wu said.

During the break, all the parties will keep contact and continue consultations, according to Wu.

Wu said at the press conference following a chief delegates' meeting that the general goal of the six-nation talks is to achieve the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula in a peacefulmanner.

"This is the consensus reached by the six delegations," said Wu, also Chinese vice foreign minister.

Since the fourth round of the talks began 13 days ago, the six parties have been working on a roadmap for the denuclearization ofthe Korean Peninsula.

"If we are climbing a mountain, we've already seen the peak of it. Now we decide to take a recess so that we can reach the peak more smoothly," Wu said, adding "This is a positive outcome of thefirst phase of the current round of talks."

Wu said he did not think a three-week break would dampen the momentum of the current round of talks.