 Members of the six delegations, namely, China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK), Japan and Russia, attend the opening ceremony of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue opened at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on Dec. 18, 2006.
 Chief negotiators(L-R): Chun Yung Woo of the Republic of Korea (ROK), Kenichiro Sasae of Japan, Christopher Hill of U.S., Wu Dawei of China, Kim Kye-gwan of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and Sergei Razov of Russia, joint hands in a photo session before a dinner in Beijing, Dec. 17, 2006.The second phase of the fifth-round six-party talks are to be formally launched on Dec. 18, 2006 in Beijing, capital of China.
 Wu Dawei(R), Chinese deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Kim Kye-gwan, vice foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), before a dinner in Beijing, Dec. 17, 2006.
 Wu Dawei(R), Chinese deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Kenichiro Sasae, director-general for Asian and Oceanian Affairs of Japanese Foreign Ministry, before a dinner in Beijing, Dec. 17, 2006.
 Wu Dawei(R), Chinese deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Christopher Hill, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific affairs and the top U.S. negotiator on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue, before a dinner in Beijing, Dec. 17, 2006.
 Wu Dawei(R), Chinese deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Sergei Razov, Russian Ambassador to China, before a dinner in Beijing, Dec. 17, 2006.
 Wu Dawei(R), Chinese deputy foreign minister, shakes hands with Chun Yung Woo��?Chief negotiator of the Republic of Korea (ROK), before a dinner in Beijing, Dec. 17,2006.
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