Delegations of South Korea and the US to the fourth round of
six-party talks held a 60-minute consultation Tuesday morning to
exchange views and coordinate their stances in the ongoing
talks.??
The bilateral meeting was held after the heads of the six
delegations conferred early Tuesday morning. At the one-hour
discussions, the two sides appraised the heads' meeting and
exchanged views on to which direction the future talks will
advance, an official with the South Korean delegation revealed on
condition of anonymity.
He said that the South Korean and US delegations reached new
consensus on how to make the current round of six-way talks to
achieve a substantive result. But he rejected to reveal any
concrete contents of the bilateral consultations.
The South Korean official said that the six delegations will
hold various bilateral and multilateral negotiations to coordinate
their stances and push forward the six-nation talks.
Song Min-soon, head of the South Korean delegation and deputy
foreign minister, said at the opening session of the fourth round
of six-party talks that South Korea will provide 2 million kwh of
electricity for North Korea if it abandons its nuclear
programs.
The South Korean and US delegations held a bilateral meeting on
Monday morning before the six-party talks reopened.
(Xinhua News Agency July 26, 2005)