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20:09, July 19, 2007 |
Positive signals were being sent to the media after the first day of talks. Hill said on Wednesday night that the talks had been "very open and substantive discussions". Chun Yung Woo 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 United States. All chief negotiators have held several bilateral consultations as soon as they arrived in Beijing.
The DPRK has already shut down its Yongbyon facilities, the first step to implementing the Feb. 13 joint document which mapped out the specific steps for the DPRK''s nuclear weapons abandonment and financial compensation.
The International Atomic Energy Agency also announced on Wednesday that the DPRK had now shut five main nuclear facilities at Yongbyon.
The meeting was the first for the chief negotiators of China, the DPRK, the United States, and ROK, Russia and Japan since the last round of talks went into recess in late March.
Source: Xinhua
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