Six-Party Talks continue into final day (China Daily/Agencies) Updated: 2005-09-19 05:48
The fourth round of the Six-Party Talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue
are nearing an end, the Chinese delegation spokesman said yesterday.
![](xin_490902190809204675213.jpg) Vice Foreign Minister Dai Bingguo shakes hands
with Christopher Hill, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and
Pacific Affairs and top US negotiator for the six-party talks before
a banquet in Beijing September 17,
2005.[Reuters] | "The talks are nearing an end and will continue on Monday," said spokesman
Liu Jianchao without giving a timetable.
That means the talks will extend to a seventh day as negotiators are
struggling over a joint document.
China set forth a new draft common document on Friday, which involves the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) right to civilian nuclear
programmes and a light-water nuclear reactor.
If passed, the document will be the first of its kind since Six-Party Talks
began in 2003.
The chief delegates met twice yesterday morning and exchanged views on the
Chinese-proposed amendment to the fourth draft of the joint document.
Japanese chief negotiator Kenichiro Sasae said the delegates were studying
the draft. "I believe there is a possibility of reaching an agreement," he told
reporters. "Talks are in the direction of advancing now more than they were
yesterday."
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