Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Monday that the first phase of the fifth-round six-party talks will run from November 9 to 11 with the actual schedule to be decided by all parties.

Aiming at resolving the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, the new round of six-party talks, which involves China, the US, Russia, Japan, North and South Korea, will start on November 9 in Beijing.

Foreign Ministry spokesperson Kong Quan said earlier that holding the talks by phases in the new round could have a better result.

(Xinhua News Agency November 7, 2005)