U.S., China, DPRK negotiators meet in Beijing, spokesman says

The United States said its chief nuclear negotiator Christopher Hill and his counterpart of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Kye-Gwan will have second round of talks Wednesday after their meeting in Beijing, China on Tuesday.

"That's the way it worked today -- there was a meeting with the Chinese, North Koreans and us and then a meeting with the North Koreans. I think the idea is that we replicate that tomorrow," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said.

The meetings will "provide information on how we might be able to define what is an effective round of the six-party talks that produces concrete results," McCormack said.

The negotiators are believed to be gathering to set a date and make preparations for the resumption of the six-party talks.

The DPRK, which refused for one year to return to the talks because of U.S. sanctions on the country, has agreed to return to the talks, involving the United States, the DPRK, China, South Korea, Japan and Russia.

Source: Xinhua