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Six Party talks expected to end Fri.
www.chinanews.cn 2007-07-20 08:49:51
(Source: Xinhua)
Christopher Hill, head of the United States delegation to the six-party
talks speaks to the meida in Beijing, capital of China, July 19, 2007.
The meeting of the heads of the delegations to the six-party talks
entered the second day on Thursday.
BEIJING, July 20 - The two days of Six Party talks to set a timeframe for
disabling the Democratic People's Republic of Korea's (DPRK) nuclear
programs, are expected to end Friday without a disarmament deadline, US
chief envoy Christopher Hill said late Thursday amid uncertainties over
the talks.
Hill believed the consensus given was "kind of not very successful",
although negotiators had a great deal of discussion on an overall
deadline.
But Hill said he still believed the DPRK could complete disablement
before the end of the year as expected, and was pleased with what had
been accomplished, describing the meeting as "the best one" he had
attended.
Hill said working groups would likely to meet by the end of August to
negotiate technical specifics on disablement procedures before all
parties reached an overall deadline.
The talks were originally scheduled to end on Thursday with a chairman's
statement, but were extended to Friday morning, to nail down a DPRK
disarmament promise and an unlikely specific timetable.
Hill said they would meet China's foreign minister Friday before China
issued a statement concluding the session, which would lay out the
sequence of events at the second phase, the tasks of all five working
groups, and a new round plenary session.
The six negotiators met on Thursday morning and held several rounds of
bilateral consultations in the afternoon in "a serious and pragmatic"
atmosphere, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry, and in a
"businesslike" manner in the eye's of Hill.
Japan's chief delegate Kenichiro Sasae told reporters that China was
putting together the negotiation results to date for the next day's talks
and the eventual chairman's statement.
"There were points we agreed on, but we also have divergence," Sasae
said, adding the DPRK and Japan agreed on working together towards
resolving issues of common concern despite a longstanding rift.
ROK chief negotiator Chun Yung Woo said Thursday's meeting, in a "more
practical atmosphere", mainly discussed details of complete disablement
of nuclear facilities, and the Six Parties "made their proposals frankly".
Russian special envoy Vladimir Rakhmanin said the meeting was held in "a
friendly atmosphere". He also warned the participants not to "complicate
or simplify the problems discussed".
Given the complexity of the issue, it was hard for negotiators to reach
agreement on a disablement timetable, said the ROK negotiator, which,
observers say, was the likely reason for prolonging the meeting.
However, positive signals emerged after the first day of talks. Hill said
on Wednesday that the talks had been "very open and substantive
discussions". The ROK negotiator said the DPRK demonstrated its
willingness to disable its nuclear facilities and declare all its nuclear
programs "in five to six months".
Although the DPRK made no comment on the ongoing talks, it had held three
one-on-one meetings with the US. All chief negotiators held bilateral
consultations as soon as they arrived in Beijing.
Chun, the ROK negotiator, said earlier on Thursday that the DPRK this
time demonstrated "a practical and realistic approach", and if it could
maintain this "pragmatic" way, it would be helpful for setting a specific
action plan.
"It might be a controversial discussion about which step to take next,"
said Tao Wenzhao, a researcher with the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences.
He said it would be a "strategic choice" for the DPRK to implement the
Feb. 13 joint document, and that trust was required between the DPRK and
US.
The DPRK has already shut down its Yongbyon facilities, the first step to
implementing the joint document, which maps out the specific steps for
the DPRK's nuclear weapons abandonment and financial compensation.
The six nations ended with a joint document during the fifth round of
talks in February this year, which was considered an initial action to
implementing a landmark joint statement signed in Sept. 2005.
The meeting this week was the first since the last round of talks went
into recess in late March.
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