The six delegations to the ongoing Korean Peninsula nuclear
talks have once again expressed their will to work out a common
document in a one-hour chief negotiators meeting yesterday evening,
said a South Korean official.??
Cho Tai-yong, deputy head of the South Korean delegation to the
six-party talks, made the remarks following the chief negotiators
meeting.
Cho said the ongoing talks are now in a "critical" period, and
delegates of the six parties agreed to keep on the negotiation
process in a bid to work out a common document.
He said chief negotiators of the six delegations met for more
than half an hour last night, and exchanged opinions on how to move
on the talks. Although the process is difficult, they agreed to
continue negotiation today and make efforts to work out a common
document.
At a press briefing yesterday evening, South Korean chief
negotiator Song Min-soon said chief negotiators of the six parties
held separate one-on-one meetings Thursday morning to seek
breakthrough for the ongoing nuclear talks.
He said in order to narrow differences, the delegations of the
US, South and North Korea held a three-hour trilateral meeting
Thursday afternoon.
North Korea clearly expounded its stance on the latest draft of
the proposed common document during yesterday's bilateral and
trilateral negotiations, he said.
The trilateral meeting was held in a "candid" atmosphere, said
Song, declining to give any details about the meeting.
(Xinhua News Agency August 5, 2005)