Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Jianchao said in Beijing Tuesday that it's unlike to kick off another session of six-party talks next week due to time and technical reasons.

Liu made the remarks at a regular press conference held here Tuesday.

All the involved parties to the talks have agreed, after the first phase of the fifth round of the six-party talks, to hold a second one as soon as possible, he said, yet the specific time for it needs to be set in the light of more consultations among the parties.

Liu stressed that China would keep close contact with the other five parties and listen to their opinions and suggestions.

He said the all opinions and suggestions of the involved parties would be taken into consideration on deciding how to push forward the next session of the talks and implement the joint document.

The six-party talks, aimed at resolving the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, have entered the fifth round by November, 2005.

The parties have stated clear their respective commitment in a joint document which was passed at the second phase of the fourth round of the talks in September.

The six parties include China, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the United States, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan.

Source: Xinhua