South Korean chief negotiator Chun Yung-woo said this morning
bilateral talks that pair up negotiators from the six countries
should be the major way to resolve their differences.
He confirmed that several rounds of bilateral negotiations would
be held today.
"It's an important day, and South Korea aims at making
substantial progress through consultations with the other sides,"
he said.
The second stage of the fifth-round six-party talks resumed in
Beijing yesterday morning, gathering negotiators from China, the
US, Japan, Russia, North and South Korea.
All six parties have stressed that to resolve the Korean
Peninsula nuclear issue requires "action-for-action" in their
negotiations.
(Xinhua News Agency December 19, 2006)