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BEIJING, Sept. 12 (Xinhuanet) -- Russia wishes the six-party talks, which
resumes Tuesday, a success, said Alexander Alexeyev, head of the Russian
delegation to the fourth-round six-party talks, when he arrived at the Beijing
Capital International Airport Monday.
He said the Russian side would try its best and hoped that all the other
parties could make joint effort for the adoption of a common document.
The first phase of the talks was "fruitful," however, it was hard to
predict the result of the upcoming second-phase negotiation, Alexeyev said.
According to media reports, Alexeyev said before leaving Moscow for Beijing earlier Monday
all parties were "optimistic" about the prospect of the current-round
talks and hoped differences could be ironed out.
The Korean Peninsula nuclear issue could not be solved in one day and the
negotiation might be a rather long process, the Russian deputy foreign minister
said.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has the right to develop
its civilian nuclear capacity and can expect cooperation with other countries if
it returns to the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty, Alexeyev said earlier in
Moscow, quoted by JoongAng Ilbo daily newspaper of the Republic of Korea (ROK).
The Russian delegation was the first to arrive for the talks. The other
foreign delegations, from the DPRK, the United States, the ROK and Japan, are
expected to come soon.
The five countries and China, the host country, began the fourth-round six-party
talks on July 26 and reached a consensus on a number of issues during
their 13 days of discussions on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
But the negotiators took a recess on Aug. 7 without an agreement on the much expected common document mainly because the US rejected the DPRK's demand for the right to a civilian nuclear program. Enditem |