Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) meets with (L to R) Akitaka Saiki of Japan, Kim Sook of South Korea, Kim Kye Gwan of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Christopher Hill of the United States, Alexei Borodavkin of Russia and Wu Dawei of China, chief negotiators for the six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2008.
Chief delegates of the six-party talks on the Korean Peninsular nuclear issue ended talks Saturday afternoon, agreeing to establish a verification mechanism of Korean Peninsular denuclearization.
Wu Dawei, head of the Chinese delegation, announced the specific verification plan that made clear in a press communique of the heads of delegation meeting.
The verification mechanism consists of experts from the six nations of China, the United States, DPRK, Republic of Korea, Russia and Japan, and the measures include visits to facilities, review of documents, interviews with technical personnel, Wu said.
The mechanism welcomes the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, to provide consultancy and assistance for relevant verification when necessary, he said.
The six parties also agreed to set up a monitoring mechanism, consisting of the six top negotiators, to ensure all nations to fulfill their respective commitments of non-proliferation and economic and energy assistance to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Wu added.
The fresh round of discussions came after the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) handed over the long-awaited nuclear declaration list late June and then blew up a cooling tower in its main nuclear reactor at Yongbyon.
The talks have run for three days since Thursday in the Chinese capital.
Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (C) meets with chief negotiators for the six-party talks on the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula, at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, capital of China, July 12, 2008. [Xinhua]
(Xinhua News Agency July 12, 2008)
