U.S. Assistant Secretary of State
Christopher Hill speaks to the media in Beijing, March 19, 2007.
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BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The chief U.S.
negotiator to the six-party talks Christopher Hill on Sunday evening said that
all the delegations finished the denuclearization working group meeting and
everyone has positive feel on that.
Hill said all the delegations will assess the work of
all the working groups in the sixth round of the six-party talks on Monday.
"All sides are very positive about El Baradei's
visit", said Hill.
There was a brief discussion on the HEU (highly
enriched uranium) during the plenary working group meeting, but there was not
any movement on the issue, Hill noted.
He said the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
(DPRK) had started to prepare for the denuclearization, but clearly it has a lot
of work to do beyond the 60 days.
The DPRK needs to pick up pace and set up a timetable
for its work beyond the 60 days, Hill added.
Hill reiterated that the BDA issue will not be a
problem and he will talk to Washington in the next couple of hours and talk with
the Daniel Glaser later on Sunday night.
Glaser will not attend the six-party talks, he added.
According to Hill, the DPRK will send representative
to Vienna to discuss with IAEA (International Atomic Energy Agency) on the
schedule of shutting down its nuclear facilities in Yongbyon.
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Chief negotiator of the
Republic of Korea (ROK) Chun Yung Woo said on Sunday the frozen funds of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) are expected to be resolved soon.
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Deputy Assistant
Treasury Secretary Daniel Glaser arrived in Beijing Sunday afternoon on the eve
of the new round of six-party talks which will begin on Monday.
BEIJING, March 18 (Xinhua) -- Alexander Losyukov, chief
Russian negotiator, arrived here Sunday morning for the upcoming six-party talks
on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
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