US chief negotiator confirmed to meet Chinese vice FM on nuke talks

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill is confirmed to meet with Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Wu Dawei on Thursday in Beijing, Fen Rong from the US Embassy in China told Xinhua.

Hill, also the U.S. chief negotiator for the six-party talks on the Korean nuclear issue, will talk with his Chinese counterpart on promoting the six-party talks, said FM spokesman Liu Jianchao at the regular press conference on Tuesday.

Hill, who arrived in Beijing on Wednesday night, will stay in Beijing for only one day and leave on Thursday.

He is reported to have said the United States will not give the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) any incentives to persuade it back to the talks in Kuala Lumpur before departing for China.

The six-party talks, composing China, the DPRK, the United Sates, the Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, has been in a stalemate since the first phase of the fifth round of talks that ended in November last year.

A Chairman's Statement was issued at the end of the first phase talks, in which parties concerned agreed to resume the talks as soon as possible.

Source: Xinhua