Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing held a telephone conversation
with the United States' Secretary of State Colin Powell Wednesday
night, according to sources with the Foreign Ministry.
The two sides exchanged views on how to properly handle the nuclear
issue of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and both
believed that the ongoing talks in Beijing was beneficial, the
sources said.
(Xinhua News Agency April 24, 2003)