Top negotiator of the United States to the six-party talks Tuesday showed his optimism about the coming denuclearization working group meeting, saying he believed the meeting will make achievements.
"I felt, based on the very businesslike meeting last night, I believe we will get through the denuclearization working group with some very specific ideas of how to proceed..." Hill told reporters upon leaving hotel Tuesday morning.
Hill flew to the Chinese capital Monday afternoon and met with his counterpart Kim Kye-Gwan of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) immediately upon his arrival. Kim arrived here Saturday.
The meeting is scheduled to be held on Thursday and Friday in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, focusing on measures to facilitate the denuclearization process of the Korean Peninsula.
Hill said the meeting will discuss "options of how to denuclearize, to disable, for example", and the crucial question will be the actual meeting of the six parties.
He said he will meet his Chinese counterpart Wu Dawei on around 15:00 p.m., Tuesday, discussing bilateral issues and on the six-party talks.
Hill said on Monday he and Kim had tentatively agreed to meet again in late August to discuss the U.S.-DPRK relations.
On Tuesday he denied the possibility that the meeting will be held in Southeast Asia, or in the U.S. or the Northeast Asia, saying he need to check with Washington for the specific date and venue of the meeting.
The Shenyang meeting comes days after the working group meeting of economy and energy cooperation held at the truce village of Panmunjom from August 7 to 8.
The chief delegates to the six-party talks agreed in their last meeting in July to hold the meetings of the five working groups in August.
The six-party talks, initiated in 2003, include China, DPRK, the United States, Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan.
Source: Xinhua
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