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BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- Chief U.S. negotiator to
the six-party talks Christopher Hill said here Tuesday that the United States
has approved the revised draft agreement.
"We've approved it," Hill said on early morning,
adding that he had talked to the U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice "many
times" last night, and Rice is "very much followed the details of the process".
Host China called a meeting of top negotiators from
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the U.S., Japan and Russia at
10:30 a.m.
Asked if he hopes the DPRK will come back with a good
answer on the draft presented by host China, Hill said, ''I hope so.''
An agreement on the first step toward the
denuclearization of the DPRK may come out on Tuesday as negotiations dragged
into the sixth day.
The draft, circulated last Thursday, reportedly
proposes halting within two months the work at nuclear sites in the DPRK,
including the Yongbyon reactor, and supplying Pyongyang with alternative energy
sources.
The current phase of six-nation talks began on a
promising note after the DPRK and the United States showed a compromise in a
landmark meeting in Berlin in January.
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Six-party talks expected to conclude with agreement on 6th day
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- An agreement on the first step toward the denuclearization of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) may come out on Tuesday as negotiations dragged into the sixth day.
"It is likely to see a joint document before Tuesday evening," Russian representative Alexander Losyukov said early Tuesday.
Envoys make overnight efforts for deal when talks dragged into another day
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The envoys of the six parties involved in the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue worked overnight in a bid to clinch a possible deal, but no agreements announced yet.
Envoys make final efforts for deal on fifth day of six-party talks, no breakthrough
BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- The six parties involved in the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue on Monday made their final attempt to clinch a deal, but no breakthrough was announced till late night.
The talks entered the fifth day on Monday with energy aid still as the focus of negotiations.
