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DPRK delegation arrives in Beijing for six-party talks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-07-22 19:33

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) delegation, the first foreign delegation, arrived in Beijing Friday for the imminent fourth round of the six-party talks on Korean Peninsular nuclear issue, a witness from the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.

The talks, involving China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan, are set to begin next Tuesday.

Other four foreign delegations will arrive here in the coming days, according to sources.

The duration of the talks, due to be held at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse, the venue for the previous three rounds, is yet to be decided.

According to sources with the Chinese Foreign Ministry, the head of the Chinese delegation will be Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei, and the head of the DPRK delegation is Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye-gwan.

The ROK delegation will be led by Deputy Foreign Minister Song Min-soon, the US delegation by Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, the Russian delegation by Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev, and the Japanese delegation by Sasae Kenichiro, director general of the Asia and Oceanian Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry.

The six-party talks, aiming to peacefully resolve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, had gathered delegates from the afore-mentioned six countries three times in Beijing.

But the multilateral talks have been stalled since September last year when the scheduled fourth round talks failed to be convened. Local observers expect substantial results to come out of the new round of talks.



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