Russian delegation head Alexander Alexeyev told a press briefing in Beijing on Thursday that he will leave Beijing for Moscow on Saturday.

Alexeyev, also Russian deputy foreign minister, said his deputy would remain in Beijing and he would come back "as soon as it's necessary to come back."

Some members of the other delegations will also return home to consult with their respective governments, he said.

The fourth round of the six-party talks, involving China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, Russia, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Japan, began on Tuesday in the Chinese capital.

Alexeyev said the atmosphere of the talks is "friendly and good," expressing his hope that the complicated Korean Peninsula nuclear issue can be settled within a couple of months.

The talks entered the third day on Thursday, as the US and DPRK delegations held one-on-one talks again in the morning.

Alexeyev said during their one-on-one meeting, the two delegations thoroughly exchanged views on substantive issues.

A major task for Russia and other parties is to push forward the process of the six-party talks, and to work together with the United States and DPRK to find "reasonable and fair" solutions to the nuclear issue, said Alexeyev.

Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo met with heads of thesix delegations on Thursday noon. Dai expressed the hope that the six parties would cherish the opportunity of the resumed talks and the good beginning, and try their best to expand consensus and reduce differences to push the talks to gain new progress.

The delegation heads responded that they would work hard to make the fourth-round talks fruitful.