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Six-party talks conclude, China 'working on' docoment

The second round of six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue concluded Saturday afternoon in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing addressed the closing ceremony.

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The second round of six-party talks on Korean Peninsula nuclear issue concluded Saturday afternoon in Beijing. Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing addressed the closing ceremony.

China is "working on" and hopes there will be a joint document for the second round of the six-party talks on the Korean nuclear netissue, a Chinese diplomat said Saturday.

Liu Jianchao, member of the Chinese delegation, made the remarks when surrounded by the press at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in the afternoon.

The deputy delegates held consultation from 9:30 a.m. (0130 GMT) Saturday. Liu described the consultation as "serious" and "practical".

He stressed that the second round itself is a "good result" in that "substantial issues" have been touched.

The closing ceremony, once scheduled to begin at 11. a.m. Saturday, has been postponed due to "technical reasons," said a press official.

"Even if a common document is not to be endorsed, it doesn't mean the talks are a failure," Liu said Friday.

The second-round talks began here Wednesday. The United States,China the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan attended the talks.

The first-round talks were held in the Chinese capital last August.

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