Envoys strive for agreement on verification draft of DPRK's nuclear program
11/12/2008 15:35
Envoys to the six-party talks today are continuing negotiations in an
effort to minimize their differences over verification rules for the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) nuclear program.
Chinese Foreign Minister
Yang Jiechi met the chief negotiators of the other five parties to the nuclear
talks after a separate meeting with the US delegation today morning.
The six
parties so far have not made substantial progress after three-days of intensive
negotiation on how to verify the DPRK's declaration of its past nuclear
activities, the key issue of this week's nuclear disarmament talks which started
on Monday in Beijing after a five-month suspension.
Yesterday, envoys of the
United States, China, and the DPRK held one-on-one meetings in the morning
followed by consultations between China, the Republic of Korea, the United
States and Japan in the afternoon.
China's top negotiator, Wu Dawei, said
Monday at the opening ceremony that the talks would focus on three major issues
including verification, continuous implementation of the second-phase action
plan, and the establishment of a peace and security mechanism in northeast
Asia.
Xinhua
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