Special report: Six-party talks - 3rd phase of 5th round
BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the United States will start bilateral talks on establishing diplomatic relations, according to a joint statement released at the end of the current round of six-party talks.
"The DPRK and the United States will start bilateral talks aimed at resolving pending issues and moving towards full diplomatic relations," the Joint Statement says.
The United States will begin the process of removing the designation of the DPRK as a state-sponsor of terrorism and advance the process of terminating the application of the Trading with the Enemy Act with respect to the DPRK, the Joint Statement says.
The third phase of the fifth round of the six-party talks, which groups China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan and Russia, concluded in Beijing Tuesday afternoon after six days of hard working.
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BEIJING, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- The six-party talks on Tuesday ended with a joint statement on the first step toward the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.
Under the document, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea(DPRK) will shut down and seal the Yongbyon nuclear facility,including the reprocessing facility and invite back IAEA personnel to conduct all necessary monitoring and verifications.
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.
ROK delegation official: joint document likely to be adpoted Tuesday
BEIJING, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- An official with delegation of the Republic of Korea (ROK) to the six-party talks said that a joint document is likely to be adopted on Tuesday.
According to the official, who speaks only on anonymity, the negotiation on the document has "reached the final phase".
