Hill arrives in Beijing for resumption of 6-party talks

Source: Xinhuanet | 11-28-2006 08:15

BEIJING, Nov. 27 (Xinhua) -- U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill arrived here Monday afternoon to continue efforts on resuming the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue.

"The issue for us is to make sure that we are extremely planned and ready for the six-party talks," Hill told reporters at the Beijing Capital International Airport.

Hill was the third of negotiators involved in the nuclear talks to arrive in Beijing, following the arrivals of chief negotiators of Japan and Republic of Korea (ROK) on Sunday and Monday, respectively.

When asked whether he will meet with the officials of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Hill said that "we've always said that we are prepared to meet with the DPRK officials."

Hill said he will meet with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei and stay in Beijing for a couple of days.

Just a week ago, Hill came here and met with Wu Dawei. The two agreed to make joint efforts to restart the talks.

The six-party talks, involving China, the DPRK, the United States, the ROK, Russia and Japan, are aimed at finding a solution to the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

However, the talks have been stalled since last November as the DPRK refused to return to the talks because of U.S. sanctions against it.

Editor:Wang Ping