Delegations to the six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear
issue held eight bilateral consultations in the Diaoyutai State
Guest Hotel Wednesday as the resumed talks entered the second
day.
China held consultations with Russia and US separately; North
Korea with US and Japan; South Korea with Russia and Japan, and
Russia with Japan and US, Chinese delegation spokesman Liu Jianchao
said Wednesday.
They discussed important issues involved in the second phase of
the fourth-round talks while enunciating their positions and
setting forth their suggestions and ideas on how to narrow their
differences.
The second-phase talks resumed Tuesday after over five weeks of
recess.
The fourth round of talks stalled on August 7 as North Korea
insisted on the right to peaceful use of nuclear energy while US
wanted full dismantlement of its nuclear program.
(Xinhua News Agency September 15, 2005)