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Six-party talks may take two-week recess
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2005-08-07 08:41

Negotiators from the six parties have been discussing a draft common document over the past eight days, which was proposed by the Chinese side based on the stances of all parties concerned.

Differences remained between the DPRK and the United States on whether the DPRK should be allowed to use nuclear energy peacefully.

Kim Kye-gwan, the DPRK delegation head, said on Thursday that his country should enjoy the right to the peaceful use of nuclear power.

Kim expressed dissatisfaction with the United States' opposition to the DPRK's peaceful use of nuclear energy. "All countries in the world enjoy the right to make a peaceful use of nuclear power," Kim said.

"The DPRK is neither a defeated nation in a war nor a nation having committed any crimes, so why should we not be allowed to use the nuclear power peacefully?"

Jin Linbo, head of the Asia-Pacific Office under the China Research Institute of International Studies, said the DPRK-US disputes over the DPRK's abandonment of nuclear program actually reflects the two sides' conflicts over the normalization of bilateral ties.

>He said the DPRK hopes to normalize bilateral ties with the United States with its nuclear dismantlement, but the United States believes that the normalization of relations should be dealt with under a bilateral mechanism and the goal of the six-party talks is to realize a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula.

"The United States has not yet made up its mind to forge diplomatic ties with the DPRK," Jin said.

Meanwhile, the United States reiterated its determination to solve the Korean nuclear issue. The US government is absolutely dedicated to finding a solution to the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, although it is not easy, said Christopher Hill, US chief negotiator.

"We have been here for 13 days. We have really had a dialogue and understanding that we had not had before," Hill said on Saturday night, adding "we tried very hard to reach an agreement and we have great political will to solve the issue."

He noted the US is "very interested" in reaching an agreement and worked very hard with the Chinese and other delegations. What all the parties have tried to do is to reduce differences and to understand with great precision what those differences are, he said.

He stressed the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue "needs to be solved" and "will be solved." "We have options, but one of the options we do not have, is the option of simply walking away."

Hill revealed the Chinese government will possibly have an announcement Sunday morning.

Information from the Chinese press center said Chinese delegation head Wu Dawei will hold a press briefing after a plenary meeting of all delegation heads Sunday morning.


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