China, North Korea and the United States will hold one-on-one
meetings Saturday morning, press center of the Chinese delegation
said in Beijing Saturday.
The six-party
talks, which also involve the South Korea, Russia and Japan,
entered into the 12th day Saturday. Negotiators are still striving
to narrow the differences over the peaceful solution of the Korean
Peninsula nuclear issue.
US chief negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters Friday
evening that the US talks with the North Korea reached "little
progress" and the US delegation will meet with the North Korea and
Chinese counterparts on Saturday in a bid to push forward the
process.
On Friday morning, deputy negotiator of the North Korea Ri Gun
and his US counterpart Joseph DeTrani had a one-hour bilateral
meeting, focusing on such issues as the North Korea's peaceful use
of nuclear energy and the scope of denuclearization on the Korean
Peninsula. But the two sides failed to narrow their
differences.
The ending date of the current round of talks, which resumed on
July 26 after a 13-month delay, still remains unknown. The last
round of the six-party talks was held in Beijing in June, 2004.
(Xinhua News Agency August 6, 2005)
