The six parties to the Korean Peninsula nuclear talks held a working group meeting on economy and energy cooperation on Thursday afternoon.

The meeting, held at the South Korean Embassy in Beijing, was attended by South Korean chief negotiator Chun Yung-woo and officials of the other five parties.

The sixth round of talks, involving China, the US, Japan, Russia, North and South Korea, is scheduled to start on March 19.

According to the February 13 joint document, the six parties agreed on the establishment of five working groups on the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula, normalization of North Korea relations with the US and Japan, economy and energy cooperation as well as Northeast Asia peace and security mechanism.

(Xinhua News Agency March 15, 2007)