The ongoing fourth round of six-party
talks is moving in the right direction, said Vice Foreign
Minister Dai
Bingguo today when meeting with heads of the six
delegations.?
Dai hosted a banquet lunch at Diaoyutai State
Guesthouse in honor of the chief negotiators on Thursday and said
the atmosphere of the talks was "good."
"All the delegates come to the talks with a good
political will, that is, to make progress in solving the Korean
Peninsula nuclear issue," Dai said. "They have been involved in
frank, in-depth and pragmatic discussions on how to realize a
nuclear weapon-free Korean Peninsula."
Dai said the issues involved are complex and that
it is natural that the six sides have differences. "However, the
more complicated the work is, the more significant and more
valuable it will be if we deal with it properly."
He said he hoped all six parties cherish the
opportunity provided by the resumed talks and try their best to
expand consensus to make new progress.
The delegation heads said they are willing to work
hard to make the fourth round of talks fruitful.
The fourth round moved into its third day today,
and delegations from North Korea and the US held one-to-one talks
again this morning.
There is still no information whatsoever to
indicate how long this round will last.
(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2005)