The six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue ended on Friday with a schedule for the next round of negotiations, but without a disarmament deadline.
Delegates attending the meeting decided to convene in early September for another round of talks and the five working groups will meet by the end of August to discuss technical details concerning the disarmament of the nuclear facilities of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Wu Dawei, head of the Chinese delegation to the Six-Party talks, representing the other five parties -- Japan, Russia, the United States, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and the Republic of Korea (ROK), released a press communique as a chairman's statement concluding the session that lasted two-and-a-half days.
The parties reiterated that they would "earnestly fulfill their commitments" in the landmark Sept. 2005 Joint Statement and the Feb. 13 agreement brokered this year taken as a initial action to implement the 2005 statement, says the press communique.
It says the DPRK reiterated that it would "earnestly implement its commitment to a complete declaration of all nuclear programs and disablement of all existing nuclear facilities".
Economic, energy and humanitarian assistance up to the equivalent of 950,000 tons of heavy fuel oil will provided to the DPRK, it says.
All parties undertook to fulfill their respective obligations as listed in the Joint Statement and February agreement in line with the principle of "action for action", its stated.
Five working groups over issues such as a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, normalization of relations among countries involved, establishment of a peace and security mechanism in northeast Asia and economic and energy cooperation, will convene respectively in August, the parties agreed.
Envoys will meet in Beijing in early September for the second session of the sixth round of talks to hear working group reports and work out a road map for the implementation of the general consensus nailed down in the meeting this week.
Following the second session, the six nations' foreign ministers will meet "as soon as possible to confirm and promote" the implementation of the Joint Statement, February agreement and the general consensus, and "explore ways and means to enhance security cooperation in northeast Asia", the communique says.
Source: Xinhua
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