Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shakes hands with Kim Kye-gwan, head of the delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing June 24, 2004.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shakes hands with Kim Kye-gwan, head of the delegation from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing June 24, 2004.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shakes hands with James Kelly, head of the US delegation to the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing June 24, 2004.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shakes hands with Mitoji Yabunaka, head of the Japanese delegation to the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing June 24, 2004.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shakes hands with lexander Alexeyev, head of the Russian delegation to the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing June 24, 2004.

Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing (R) shakes hands with Lee Soo-hyuck, head of the delegation from the Republic of Korea to the third round of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, during a meeting at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing June 24, 2004.