Kim Kye-Gwan, top negotiator of North Korea, arrived in Beijing on Tuesday morning for the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.

Kim, who is DPRK 's vice foreign minister, is to attend a meeting which gathers chief delegates to the six-party talks.

The two-day meeting of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue is planned to start here Wednesday, during which the chief delegates are expected to discuss issues related to the initial actions for denuclearization and explore arrangements of steps that will follow.

(Xinhua News Agency July 17, 2007)