The chief US negotiator to the six-party
talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue said today the
latest draft common document "narrowed differences" among all sides
and it was still possible that an agreement could be
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Christopher Hill made the remarks on the result of last night's
negotiations as he left his hotel today, adding that the draft was
"really designed to narrow differences and maybe even get to the
point where we can really agree on something."
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It should be the last draft of the common document, Hill said,
calling it a "negotiated document" and a "good draft."
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He said the delegations would make a "final comment" on the draft
today. "We have sent it back to Washington and the US government
will look into it very carefully."
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The document, proposed by the Chinese delegation on July 30, has
been debated for nearly four days and revised three times.
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The heads of delegations to the six-party talks, involving China,
Japan, North Korea, Russia, South Korea and the US were scheduled
to meet again this afternoon.
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Hill said he would have a one-on-one meeting with the Japanese
delegation before discussing the text of the draft with the Chinese
delegation.
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(Xinhua News Agency August 3, 2005)