Head of U.S. group to U.S.-DPRK financial talks leaves Beijing

Daniel Glaser, U.S. Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary, left Beijing Thursday morning for home after holding talks with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on financial sanction issue.

A working staff of the U.S. Embassy in China made the confirmation to reporters earlier Thursday.

Glaser, who is leading the U.S. delegation, held talks with President of the DPRK's Foreign Trade Bank O Kwang Chol on Tuesday and Wednesday in the U.S Embassy and DPRK Embassy separately.

Glaser said Wednesday night that the financial talks between the United States and the DPRK were "businesslike and useful".

"We also discussed the possibility of meeting next month, perhaps in New York," he said.

Financial sanction imposed on the DPRK was one of key stumbling blocks that stalled the six-party talks since September 2005.

The financial talks were held on the sidelines of the fresh meeting of six-party talks, which entered the fourth day on Thursday.

The meeting is known as the second phase of the fifth round of six-party talks, involving China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Japan and Russia.

Source: Xinhua