Top U.S. envoy: working group meeting on denuclearization "very important"

The working group meeting on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula is "very important", top U.S. negotiator to the six-party talks Christopher Hill said here Friday.

The working group on the denuclearization will start its first meeting Saturday morning in the Chinese capital.

We will discuss the nuclear programs (in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea) and will begin to discuss the declaration (of the DPRK nuclear programs) that would be made sometime in the second phase, Hill said.

The DPRK should fulfil its obligations including completion of declaration of its nuclear programs so as to get energy aid, he told reporters when he returned to his hotel.

When briefing about the energy working group meeting held Thursday, Hill said they discussed the provision of fuel oil to the DPRK during the second phase which he said will start from the next day after the 60-day first phase expires.

He said the northeast Asia peace and security working group discussion which held here Friday was "very good".

He also revealed that he will meet with his Japanese counterpart Kenichiro Sasae Friday night and he was looking forward to meeting with chief DPRK negotiator Kim Kye-gwan on Saturday to discuss the issue of BDA (Banco Delta Asia).

Source: Xinhua