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Six-party talks to resume July 18
www.chinanews.cn 2007-07-13 09:53:09
(Source: Xinhua)
July 13 - The chief delegates to the Six Party talks on the Korean
Peninsula nuclear issue are to meet in Beijing on July 18 and 19, Chinese
Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang announced on Thursday.
"The delegates will discuss issues related to the initial actions for
denuclearization and explore arrangements of steps that will follow,''
Qin said.
Describing the issue as "complicated", Qin said it involved the
normalization of ties between the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
and Japan, economic and energy cooperation, and the establishment of a
mechanism for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula.
"The systematic program calls for all parties involved to hold dialogue
with mutual respect and each party's concerns to be considered," he said.
The two-day meeting will be the first for the chief negotiators of China,
the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, and
Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan since the last round of talks
went into recess in late March.
At the Six Party talks in February, Pyongyang pledged to shut down the
Yongbyon reactor within 60 days in exchange for 50,000 tons of heavy fuel
oil or equivalent aid.
However, the denuclearization process was held up when the DPRK insisted
that 25 million U.S. dollars in funds frozen by the United States at the
Banco Delta Asia in Macao first be returned.
After a long round of shuttle diplomacy, the funds were unfrozen and
transferred to a Russian bank where the DPRK has accounts on June 25.
A delegation from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)was then
invited to visit Pyongyang and reached a consensus with the DPRK on the
verification procedure of the reactor shutdown.
The June visit was the U.N. watchdog's first to the DPRK since late 2002,
when the country expelled IAEA nuclear inspectors and later withdrew from
the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
IAEA inspectors are due to arrive in the DPRK on Saturday to verify the
shutdown and sealing of the Yongbyon nuclear facilities.
The DPRK on July 6 said it would suspend the operation of its nuclear
facilities on receipt of the promised aid, in its first announcement on
when it will shut down the Yongbyon facilities.
The ROK dispatched the first shipment of 6,200 tons of heavy fuel oil to
DPRK on Thursday in accordance with the February agreement.
"The current momentum of the nuclear talks is turning positive and this
should be welcomed and carried forward by all parties," Qin said, adding
each party should honor its promises to push forward the process.
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