6-party talks open, host China urges flexibility By Hu Xiao and Qin Jize (China Daily) Updated: 2005-07-26 06:08
US, DPRK meet ahead of 6-party talks
The US and Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) chief negotiators
met face-to-face in Beijing yesterday on the eve of the fourth round of
Six-Party Talks.
It was their first contact since they met in Beijing on July 9 to discuss the
resumption of talks.
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Director-general of the Japanese Foreign Ministry's Asian and
Oceanian Affairs Bureau Kenichiro Sasae (left) chats with US Assistant
Secretary of State Christopher Hill (second left), while Russian Deputy
Foreign Minister Alexander Alexeyev (second right) and Chinese
Vice-Foreign Minister Wu Dawei (right) look on while attending a welcoming
banquet for the Six-Party Talks delegations, held by Chinese Foreign
Minister Li Zhaoxing at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing
yesterday. [newsphoto] | No official details were
available after the 75-minute discussion at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.
US Assistant Secretary Christopher Hill, however, told reporters before the
talks that the meeting was aimed at helping the two sides "get acquainted" and
"compare notes."
The two sides used to use what they called the "New York channel" to contact
each other as the countries do not have formal diplomatic relations.
They had not had any substantive agreement after their face-to-face meetings
in New York in May and June.
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