The delegations of the US and North Korea held their third
one-on-one meeting Thursday morning, attempting to narrow their
differences in the ongoing talks aimed at denuclearizing the Korean
Peninsula.??
The outcome of the US-North Korea bilateral consultations is
widely believed to have an impact, to a large extent, on the
development of the current round of six-party talks, which also
involves China, South Korea, Russia and Japan.
The US delegation head Christopher Hill and his North Korean
counterpart Kim Kye-gwan first held a 75-minute meeting at
Diaoyutai State Guesthouse Monday before the start of the
multinational talks.
They met again Tuesday in long discussions, which the Americans
described as "good" and "businesslike."
(Xinhua News Agency July 28, 2005)