The financial talks between the United States and North Korea
are "businesslike and useful," a US treasury official said
Wednesday night.
Wednesday's talks over US financial sanctions against Pyongyang
are "businesslike and useful," Daniel Glaser, US Treasury
Department's deputy assistant secretary, told reporters at the
hotel.
Glaser, who is leading the US delegation, held five-hour talks
with President of North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank O Kwang Chol in
the North Korean embassy Wednesday.
He didn't release the details of the talks, but stressed North
Korea should "underline the concerns of the international financial
society."
"We also discussed the possibility of meeting next month,
perhaps in New York," he said, confirming his delegation will go
back home tomorrow.
Financial sanction imposed on North Korea was one of key
stumbling blocks that had stalled the six-party talks for the past
13 months.
The financial talks were held on the sideline of the fresh
six-party talks, which entered the 3rd day Wednesday.
Formally known as the second phase of the fifth round since
2003, the talks involved China, North Korea, the United States,
South Korea, Japan and Russia.
(Xinhua News Agency December 21, 2006)