Delegations of North Korea and the US for the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue will carry out one-to-one meeting again on Tuesday, said sources close to the negotiation.  

The two delegations had their first one-to-one meeting Monday afternoon at the Diaoyutai Sate Guesthouse, where the fourth round of six-party talks opened Tuesday morning.

 

The talks, involving China, the US, Russia, Japan, South and North Korea, was aimed at denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula.

 

After the opening ceremony of the talks, there will be a group meeting of the delegation heads and then bilateral talks between China and South Korea, Russia and Japan, according to a notice at the press center next to the state guesthouse.

 

Qin Gang, spokesperson of the Chinese delegation, is scheduled to host a press conference Tuesday afternoon, according to the notice.

 

(Xinhua News Agency July 26, 2005)