Japanese chief negotiator to the fourth round of six-party talks
on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue Friday urged North Korea to
review its stance on the issue of light-water reactor.
It was the key to "break the deadlock" of the talks, Kenichiro
Sasae told reporters, adding that Friday is a "testing day" of the
six-party talks.
He said that the Japanese side would "make utmost effort" to
help reach an agreement at the talks, which was the common goal of
all parties concerned.
All delegations to the six-party talks have been busily engaged
in one-on-one and multilateral consultations over the past four
days since the talks resumed Tuesday.
However, the negotiations failed to reach compromise on certain
issues including the issue of light-water reactor.
"There are still great differences on certain issues," said
Chinese delegation spokesman Liu Jianchao after a chief delegates'
meeting on Thursday afternoon.
Earlier Friday morning, US chief negotiator told the media that
it was hard to make a breakthrough over the issue of light-water
reactor.
(Xinhua News Agency September 16, 2005)