The US delegation for the working group's second meeting of the six-party talks on the nuclear issue in the Korean Peninsular arrived in Beijing Saturday afternoon.

The working group's meeting will be held in Beijing from June 21 to June 22. The DPRK delegation arrived Saturday morning. The delegations of the ROK, Russia and Japan are expected to be Sunday.

The third round of six-party talks, involving China, Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the United States, Republic of Korea (ROK), Russia and Japan, will begin since June 23 in the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing.

All parties concerned refused to release the timetable so far.

(Xinhua News Agency June 19, 2004)