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09:49, August 18, 2007 |
Negotiators to the Korean Peninsula denuclearization working group meeting ended their discussions on Friday with the Democratic People''s Republic of Korea (DPRK) putting forward detailed considerations on the declaration of nuclear programs and disablement of nuclear facilities.
"The DPRK side introduced in detail its considerations on the complete declaration of nuclear programs, nuclear materials and nuclear facilities and disablement of existing nuclear facilities, " said Tang Rui, spokesman of the Chinese delegation to the working group meeting.
The parties had "candid and serious" discussions on specific issues concerning the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, Tang told reporters after a 30-minute plenary session on Friday afternoon.
The two-day meeting, held in the northeast China city of Shenyang, was one of the five working group meetings under a February agreement of the Six-Party talks, also involving the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan.
The meeting, aimed at declaring and disabling nuclear facilities of the DPRK, came after Pyongyang shut down and sealed its Yongbyon nuclear facility in July and accepted verification by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Though technical, the meeting was expected to lay the groundwork for the next phase of full Six-Party talks in Beijing, tentatively set for early September.
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