The United States has not set a deadline for the resumption of six-party talks designed to solve nuclear issues on the Korean peninsular, State Department spokeswoman Darla Jordan said on Saturday.

The spokesman said that Washington remained committed to a diplomatic solution, noting that the six-party process is "the best way to resolve our differences."

He declined to answer further questions such as whether a deadline was under consideration, but said "there's been no such decision" to set a deadline.

Jordan made the remarks after some senior US officials said they expect President George W. Bush to reappraise his approach inhis second term to deal with this issue.

Three rounds of such talks, sponsored and presided over by China, had been held by last June with the participation of the DPRK, the US, South Korea, Japan and Russia.

A fourth round is yet to be held. Pyongyang attributed the present deadlock of the talks to American hostile policy towards the DPRK.

Source: Xinhua