Chief US nuclear issue negotiator Christopher Hill said yesterday in Tokyo
that he and his counterpart from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) have agreed earlier this week on reopening of the six-party talks.
The visiting U.S. assistant secretary of state said that during the meeting
with the DPRK's top negotiator Kim Kye Gwan in Berlin,"We agreed on the need to
get back to the six-party talks as soon as possible."
Hill made the remarks after meeting with Kenichiro Sasae, the chief Japanese
negotiator. Sasae told reporters after the meeting that he and Hill agreed to
work together in restarting six-party talks over Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
The U.S. diplomat visited Seoul on Friday before arriving in Tokyo. Hill is
scheduled to fly to Beijing on Sunday to meet with his Chinese six-party
counterpart, Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei.
The six-party talks on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue, which involves
the DPRK, China, Japan, Russia, South Korea and the United States, were last
held in late December in Beijing. The parties concerned failed to make major
progress but agreed to have another session as soon as possible.
