Christopher Hill, top US negotiator to the six-party talks, said
here Thursday that the talks were "moving into the phase that
things will start appearing on paper".
Hill told reporters in his hotel that he will discuss with the
Chinese side later this morning about that.
Hill will also meet with delegations of Japan and South Korea on
Thursday afternoon. "I assume, not scheduled yet, to see North
Korea," he added.
As to the financial disputes between the United States and North
Korea, Hill reiterated that the financial issue was separate from
the denuclearization issue.
US Treasury Department's deputy assistant secretary Daniel
Glaser had left here Thursday morning for home after holding talks
with North Korea on the financial sanction issue.
Glaser, who is leading the US delegation, held talks with
President of the North Korea's Foreign Trade Bank O Kwang Chol on
Tuesday and Wednesday in the US Embassy and North Korea Embassy
respectively.
Financial sanction imposed on the North Korea was one of the key
stumbling blocks that stalled the six-party talks since September
2005.
The financial talks were held on the sidelines of the fresh
meeting of the six-party talks, which entered the fourth day on
Thursday.
(Xinhua News Agency December 21, 2006)