Envoys to the Six-Party Talks (from left), US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, DPRK'S Kim Kye-gwan, Russia's Alexei Borodavkin, Chinese Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, ROK'S Kim Sook and Japan's Akitaka Saiki, join hands in a symbolic gesture before negotiations begin in Beijing July 10, 2008. [Xinhua]