U.S. top negotiator to the Six-Party talks Christopher Hill said no further consensus has been reached so far regarding the denuclearization process on the Korean Peninsula.
"I agree that we have had good discussions but I'm not prepared to say that we have consensus", Hill said, responding to questions about his meeting with Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) counterpart Kim Kye-Gwan on Monday and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei on Tuesday.
However, he expressed optimism about the impending denuclearization working group meeting in the northeastern Chinese city of Shenyang, saying the discussions with Kim and Wu boosted his faith in the process.
"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 at the hotel where he lives in downtown Beijing.
He said the discussions were much more specific compared with those of four years ago when the Six-Party talks, involving China, the DPRK, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, was initiated.
"As I look back, I realize there is progress and but as I look ahead I realize there is still a lot needed to be done," he said.
Hill flew to the Chinese capital on Monday and early on Wednesday he will leave for Shenyang where he and other negotiators will discuss "technical matters and options of how to denuclearize, when and who to disable" at the working group level.
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.
Source: Xinhua
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