Mitoji Yabunaka, director-general of the Asian and Oceanian
Affairs Bureau of the Japanese Foreign Ministry, arrived Tuesday
afternoon in Beijing for the third round of six-party talks on the
Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.?
Heading the Japanese delegation, Yabunaka said he hoped to make
efforts to gain some achievements in the third round of six-party
talks, scheduled to open Wednesday afternoon.
The head of the delegation of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea arrived Monday while heads of the delegations from Russia,
the Republic of Korea and the United States arrived Tuesday
separately.
Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhang Qiyue said the second
working group meeting of the six-party talks ended Tuesday in
Beijing.
Zhang said the six parties have, on the basis of the first
working group meeting last month, continued exchanging in-depth
views on building a nuclear-weapon-free Korean Peninsula and
freezing nuclear facilities as well as corresponding measures.
(Xinhua News Agency June 23, 2004)