The delegation from North Korea arrived in Beijing Tuesday
morning for the second phase of the fourth-round six-party talks on
the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
The North Korean delegation is headed by Kim Kye-gwan, North
Korea's vice foreign minister.
Kim made no remarks on the nuclear talks upon arrival.
The chief negotiator said before departure in Pyongyang that
North Korea will repeat its standpoints on peaceful nuclear
activity, but will "take flexibility when necessary" in the second
phase of the talks.
The first phase of the fourth round of the six-party talks
started on July 26 and recessed on August 7.
North Korea announced on August 29 that it would postpone the
second phase of the talks originally scheduled for the same day to
mid-September because the US began the large-scale war exercises
"Ulji Focus Lens-05" with South Korea and appointed a "presidential
envoy for the human rights issue of North Korea."
(Xinhua News Agency September 13, 2005)